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National Ass'n of Regulatory Util. Comm'rs v. FERC

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Challenge to respondent's orders requiring all transmission facilities to adopt a standard agreement for interconnecting with operators of electric...

Delay v. Gordon

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying beneficiaries of plaintiff's estate modification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) of a 1985 judgment on a breach of...

Samples v. Brown

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Judgment declaring Vehicle Code sections 14602.6 and 23109.2 unconstitutional on their face, and awarding six-figures in attorney fees, is reversed as...

Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In cases under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), railroad negligence and employee contributory negligence are governed by the same...

Marshall v. Columbia Lea Reg'l Hosp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
A judgment for plaintiff on a civil rights claim brought against a city and police for violation of his Fourth Amendment right to be free of...

Sallenger v. Oakes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of motion for summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging violation of the Fourth Amendment's right to be free from excessive...

City of Key West v. Knowles

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of defendants' motion for directed verdict in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit over the burial of plaintiff's deceased husband is reversed where...

Adams v. Groesbeck Indep. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Denial of school district's motion for judgment as a matter of law after a jury verdict in favor of a former girls' athletic coach on his Title VII...

Minnesota Towers v. City of Duluth

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In the context of Minn. Stats. Sec. 15.99, when a city council denies a zoning request previously approved by the city's planning commission, the...

Knapp v. Palisades Charter High Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In sexual harassment action in which plaintiff student while visiting an incorporated charter high school was subjected to sexual banter and comments...