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Davis v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an Army veteran's claim that he was eligible for early retirement and extra pay in accordance with the Temporary Early Retirement Authority,...

Sunset Sky Ranch Pilots Ass'n v. County of Sacramento

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation, Administrative Law
Court of Appeals' reversal of a trial court's denial of plaintiffs' mandamus petition seeking to prevent the closure of a private airport, holding...

Smith v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a prison nurse claiming deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs, district court's...

Allen v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a medical malpractice action against the U.S. based on plaintiff's contraction of hepatitis at an Air Force hospital, summary judgment for...

Wilson v. Island Seas Invs., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a personal injury action arising out of the death of an individual while on vacation in the Bahamas, dismissal of the action on forum non...

Fisher v. Kadant, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' action against defendants alleging they manufactured and sold defective decking and railing products, judgment of the district court...

Schubert v. City of Springfield

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C section 1983 case against a city and a police officer claiming his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when a...

Vascular Solutions, Inc. v. Marine Polymer Tech., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's product disparagement claim against defendant, jury's verdict for the plaintiff and award of $4.5 million in damages for lost profits...

Sanchez v. Pereira-Castillo

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C section 1983 claim against a group of correctional officers and others claiming that, while a prisoner at a Puerto Rico...

D.R.S. Trading Co., Inc. v. Barnes

Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement
An order by the trial court vacating a default judgment entered against a defendant is affirmed as plaintiff's contention confuses the court's power...