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Stephen F. Austin State Univ. v. Flynn

Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A landowner who dedicates a public easement for recreational purposes is entitled to the protection of the recreational use statute. In an action...

Covenant Media of S.C. v. City of N. Charleston

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In civil rights suit brought by billboard operator challenging constitutionality of sign regulation, summary judgment for defendant city is affirmed...

Hackwell v. US

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action challenging a regulation that interprets the attorney's fee limitations set forth by the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA),...

Novitsky v. City of Aurora

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of an encounter between plaintiff and police officers, summary judgment for defendants-city and...

Am. Civ. Liberties Union v. Nat'l Sec. Agency

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to warrantless wiretapping under the government's counter-terrorism operation known as the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP),...

Williams v. Liefer

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against corrections employees alleging that they were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs in violation of...

New West L.P.v. City of Joliet

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a federal lawsuit concerning a city's state suit to condemn a low-income housing complex, dismissal of the complex's complaint is reversed and...

Community Dev. Comm'n of the City of Oxnard v. County of Ventura

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In case involving escape assessments, or assessments that are made where property in question was not assessed during initial assessment period,...

Citizens Exposing Truth About Casinos v. Kempthorne

Gaming Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In challenge to determination that the proposed site for casino was within the "initial reservation" exception to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act's...

Transp. Workers Union of Am. v. Transp. Sec. Admin.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petition challenging respondent's recent Legal Guidance on Criminal History Record Checks is denied as petitioner cannot show a causal link between...