all - Opinion Summaries

Miller v. Department Of The Navy

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment for appellee Navy, in case alleging gender discrimination for being passed over for promotion, is reversed where appellee relied on...

Nat'l Org. of Veterans' Advocates, Inc. v. Sec'y of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In a case involving challenges to regulations adopted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) interpreting certain statutory provisions on the...

US, ex rel., Atkinson v. Pa. Shipbuilding Co.

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
Dismissal of a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) alleging that defendants-companies conspired to, and did, defraud the United States...

US v. Hill

Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
Convictions of driving a motor vehicle on a Virginia "highway" after being declared a habitual offender and one count of driving a motor vehicle on a...

Trackwell v. US Gov't

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Military Law
In a pro se action alleging that the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court had repeatedly and improperly withheld from Justice Stephen Breyer an...

Padgett v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
In the context of claims for service-connected disability benefits, where a veteran dies after his case is submitted for decision, but before the...

Velazquez-Garcia v. Horizon Lines of Puerto Rico, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a suit alleging that plaintiff had been fired from his job due to his military service is reversed where...

Barnes v. US

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a case involving a Navy officer who was involuntarily discharged following his second non-selection for promotion, a ruling reinstating him as a...

US v. Ahmed

Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Defendant's conviction for making false statements, based on written answers he gave about his employment history with the Air Force as part of his...

Ayes v. US Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Government Benefits, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of class action complaint alleging agency defendant violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Bankruptcy Code by refusing to fully...