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Buchanan v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Elder Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Military Law
A decision of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming a denial of claimant's claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder is...

Gose v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board upholding the removal of petitioner from his position as city carrier with the U.S. Postal Service is...

Baker v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order reversing a denial of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits to claimant is reversed where the district court abused its...

Abdul-Muhammad v. Kempker

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the context of inmates' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, a prisoner who files a complaint in federal court asserting multiple claims against multiple...

Boyd v. Commissioner of IRS

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Tax Law
Dismissal of a tax suit involving the distinction between a "levy" and an "offset" is affirmed where: 1) the tax court did not have jurisdiction over...

U.S. v. Sayer

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Judgment of the district court in a tax case involving a farm is vacated insofar as it includes foreclosure of the property and remanded for dismissal...

Brierton v. Department of Motor Vehicles

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
Denial of petition for a writ of mandate seeking to prevent the DMV from enforcing an order of suspension against plaintiff is affirmed over claim...

Nibagwire v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Removal order against petitioner after she failed to appear at her removal hearing, and order denying motion to reopen the proceedings are vacated as...

Smith v. Continental Cas. Co.

Administrative Law, Banking Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA denial of benefits case, a judgment for defendants upholding a decision of plaintiff's plan administrator which denied her claim for short...

Camp Legal Def. Fund Inc. v. City of Atlanta

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Moratorium on issuance of outdoor festival permits is upheld where, as to all but one provision of the Atlanta Outdoor Festivals Ordinance of 2003,...