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California Hosp. Ass'n v. Maxwell-Jolly

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate challenging the manner in which the Department of Health Care Services (Department) has been paying...

Bonner v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Government Benefits, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a widow's suit against an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment that she is entitled to the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act (FEGLIA)...

Cedar Lake Nursing Home v. US Dept. of Health & Hum. Servs.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a petition for review of the Department of Health and Human Services' $5,000 per-instance civil monetary penalty levied against petitioner nursing...

Jones v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a veteran's petition for an earlier effective date for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on a claim filed in 1973, which he alleges was...

Hurd v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the denial of his application for supplemental security income benefits based on an administrative law judge's finding that...

Wanless v. Shinseki

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In an incarcerated veteran's request for full reinstatement of his disability benefits following his transfer from a state-operated prison to a...

Byrum v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In deceased federal employee's daughter's claim to death benefits, which were assigned to the daughter after the employee's husband was found civilly...

Massie v. U.S. Dep't of Hous. & Urban Dev.

Government Benefits, Government Contracts, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action lawsuit against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), seeking to compel action that they claim was...

Jones v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's judgment upholding the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of her application for disability...

California State Foster Parents' Ass'n v. Wagner

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Government Law
In an action against officials of the State of California under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claiming a violation of plaintiffs' federal right to payments...