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PHL Inc. v. Pullman Bank & Trust Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action for specific performance of buy-sell agreements for the purchase of construction loans made pursuant to the Illinois Insured Mortgage...

Cook County v. Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a putative class action suit brought to recover on behalf of the county for alleged overcharges in connection with the bond re-financing, dismissal...

Scachitti v. UBS Fin. Servs.

Civil Procedure, Government Law
In a suit to recover on behalf of two public entities for claimed overcharges for professional services connected with the re-financing of state...

Petra Presbyterian Church v. Village of Northbrook

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit charging a municipality with violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, summary judgment for the city is...

Hernandez v. City of Hanford

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a constitutional challenge to defendant-city's zoning ordinance, which, in order to protect the economic viability of the city's downtown...

In re Joshua S.

Family Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Juvenile Law
In the context a child who has been adjudged to be a dependent of the juvenile court and the termination of a juvenile court's dependency jurisdiction...

California Dep't of Water Res. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
State agency's petition for review of an FERC order allowing state utility-PG&E to include certain charges in its tariff for use of its power...

Morgan v. Potter

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
When an agency notifies a party of his or her right to sue, and includes in that notification a presumption of receipt, that presumption will be...

State of N.Y. v. Philip Morris Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In settlement of litigation brought by state, territorial, and DC governments against tobacco manufacturers for wrongful marketing and advertising of...

Cubas v. Martinez

Civil Rights, Government Law, Immigration Law
Dismissal of challenge to policy of respondent department of motor vehicles that no driver's licenses be issued to applicants who lack valid social...