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Humane Soc. of the US v. State Bd. of Equalization

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a suit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief that certain farm equipment statutory tax exemptions should not apply to "battery cage" chicken...

Blackman v. New York City Transit Auth.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiff was terminated from his employment in violation of his First Amendment rights, summary judgment for defendant is...

Pesnell v. Arsenault

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a matter arising from a dispute with the government over ownership of two million acres of land in California, raising RICO and other...

Muzzy Ranch Co. v. Solano County Airport Land Use Comm'n

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
An airport land use commission's adoption of a land use compatibility plan, which embraces existing restrictions on residential housing development...

Marrero-Gutierrez v. Molina

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for political discrimination and violations of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, judgment on the pleadings for defendants is...

Williams v. Gover

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Indian Law
In an action arising from a previously terminated rancheria's decision to organize a tribal government and the resulting exclusion of plaintiffs from...

Galli v. New Jersey Meadowlands Comm'n

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association protect government employees who lack a political affiliation from political patronage...

Davison v. City of Minneapolis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's action against a chief of a fire department and city raising claims of unlawful retaliation in violation of her First Amendment...

Westcon Constr. Co. v. County of Sacramento

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In suit alleging breach of contract on a construction project, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed over claims that: 1) the period for...

Russell v. Governor Dejongh

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a challenge brought by a senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to the validity of the nominations and appointments of certain judges as...