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McGavock v. City of Water Valley

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit involving the application of a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemption for employees "engaged in fire protection activities,"...

US v. Faulkner

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of a motion to suppress evidence and defendant's conditional conviction for driving while his license was suspended and for driving in...

Forest Guardians v. Johanns

Water Law, Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a dispute involving the environmental impact of cattle grazing on certain national forest land, a judgment for the U.S. Forest Service is reversed...

Meades v. Wilmington Housing Auth.

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising out of defendant's termination of plaintiff, defendants' motion for summary judgment on a defamation claim is granted where...

Cochran v. Kent Co. Dept. of Planning Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for injunctive relief challenging a county department in its efforts to demolish a 160 year old barn owned by plaintiffs, plaintiffs'...

Simpson v. Nickel

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a prisoner's suit alleging retaliation for a petition for redress of grievances is vacated and remanded where: 1) plaintiff did not need...

City of Marshall v. City of Uncertain

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
While section 11.122(b) of the Texas Water Code significantly restricts the issues that may be reviewed in a contested-case proceeding, it does not...

Roth v. King

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of a motion to dismiss plaintiffs-attorneys' Fifth Amendment claims and denial of immunity with respect to claims for injunctive relief are...

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Bodman

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
Dismissal of claimants' complaint against the Department of Energy and one of its offices involving refunds under the 1986 Stripper Well settlement is...

Am. Council on Educ. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Government Law
Petition for review of an FCC ruling that providers of broadband Internet access and voice over Internet protocol, or "VoIP," services are regulable...