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Lutz v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a former postmaster's petition for enforcement of a settlement agreement between himself and the Unites States Postal Service is reversed...

Vasquez v. Los Angeles County

Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a civil rights action alleging defendants, LA county and members of the board of supervisors, violated the Establishment Clause of the First...

Mitchell v. McNeil

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving a claim that a city, agencies, and police officers violated plaintiff's substantive due process rights when they permitted a...

Nguyen v. Superior Ct. (Nguyen)

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
Petition for writ of mandate challenging trial court decision allowing recount of only paper absentee ballots in an election contest over a seat on...

Minch v. City of Chicago

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a due process challenge to a fire department's mandatory retirement policy, dismissal of the claim is affirmed where the plaintiffs did not have a...

Beth-El All Nations Church v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In a suit challenging a tax deed obtained by a municipality on property occupied by a church, a preliminary injunction in favor of the church is...

Greenlee County, Arizona v. US

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In the context of the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act, which was enacted to compensate local governments for the loss of tax revenues resulting from the...

Bd. of Educ. of Township High Sch. Dist No. 211 v. Ross

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act by the parents of a child with Rett syndrome against a school district and a state...

Ross v. Bd. of Educ. of Township High Sch. Dist. 211

Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a suit by a student with Rett syndrome against a school district and its director of special education alleging various violations of her rights,...

Massachi v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In light of the requirements of Social Security Ruling (SSR) 00-4p, an administrative law judge may not rely on the testimony of a vocational expert...