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DA Mortgage, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In case involving Miami Beach nightclub owner challenging the constitutionality of a noise ordinance that defendant city attempted to enforce against...

Belaval v. Commonwealth of PR

Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a suit to recover money owed by Puerto Rico to a medical provider under federal Medicaid law, a district court decision denying the plaintiff...

Harris v. Kuba

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against two police officers brought by a former prisoner later pardoned on the basis of innocence, summary judgment...

Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiff's injuries sustained when he was mistakenly bitten by a police dog, summary judgment for the...

Centex Corp. v. US

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In an action alleging the U.S. breached contracts by which plaintiffs agreed to acquire failing thrifts insured by the government in exchange for...

Riley v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit for injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), dismissal of the complaint...

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. US Postal Serv.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
An order issued against the Postal Service for violations of the National Labor Relations Act at certain facilities within a post office is enforced...

Sanders v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
Any error in a Veterans Claims Assistance Act (VCAA) notice is presumed prejudicial, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has the burden of...

Simmons v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims vacating and remanding a decision denying claimant's claim for service connection for...

Bradshaw v. School Bd. of Broward County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving a state's purported limitation on judgments against itself and its agencies, judgment against defendant school board finding that...