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Lackawanna Chapter of the Ry. & Locomotive Historical Soc'y v. St. Louis County

Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over the possession of a historic steam locomotive currently displayed by defendant-county at a museum, a decision rejecting plaintiff's...

Fifty Below Sales & Marketing, Inc. v. US

Government Law, Tax Law
In suits brought to require the IRS to enter installment agreements in lieu of levying on plaintiff-taxpayer's property, summary judgment for the...

Foster v. Hill

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury suit against a federal employee, appeal of the denial of plaintiff's petition to substitute the U.S. as a defendant is dismissed...

Souders v. S. Carolina Pub. Serv. Auth.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In lawsuits filed by plaintiffs against a South Carolina public utility company raising claims of negligence, trespass, and inverse...

Newhouse v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A veterans court decision denying claimant an increased disability rating for his hearing loss is affirmed as the Veterans Court did not err by...

O'Neil v. City of Iowa City

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the former Iowa City Airport Manager alleging that he was terminated in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights and that...

US v. Gammicchia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Sentencing
A sentence for obstruction of justice is affirmed as the sentencing judge properly considered the applicable statutory factors, and sentencing the...

County of Sacramento v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Denial of writ petition challenging defendants' water quality orders applying to the Boys Ranch wastewater treatment plant insofar as the orders...

State Route 4 Bypass Auth. v. Superior Ct. (Morimoto)

Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In condemnation cases brought by a joint powers agency empowered to acquire property for construction of a highway, writ petitions challenging trial...

Locke v. Karass

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A union, functioning as the exclusive bargaining agent for certain state employees, may, consistent with the First Amendment, charge non-members for...