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In re: Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Indian Law
In a matter arising from litigation involving the Department of Interior's alleged mishandling of certain Individual Indian Money trust accounts, a...

Clifford v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for Commissioner of the Social Security Administration in an employment discrimination case is affirmed where plaintiff failed to...

Quincy Commerce Center, LLC v. Maritime Admin.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendant-agency in a case regarding the auction of a shipyard is affirmed where plaintiff forfeited its right to challenge the...

Kaweesa v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Petition for habeas corpus is granted in an immigration matter where the immigration judge failed to consider any factors for the exceptional...

Maharaj v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law, International Law
In order to meet its initial burden of showing that a "firm resettlement" mandatory bar precluding a grant of asylum applies, the Department of...

Circu v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum and additional relief is granted where petitioner was entitled both to notice of an...

Boyanivskyy v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of asylum and withholding of removal is granted and the matter remanded where the immigration judge excluded critical...

Viacom Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Arcata

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
California's Outdoor Advertising Act, Bus. & Prof. Code section 5200 et seq, does not preempt municipal ordinances that require a permit for...

Gulf Restoration Network v. US Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation, Water Law
A petition for review of a decision of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation granting a license for a liquified natural gas facility in...

Amato v. U.S.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence
Denial of motion by corporate custodian of records to quash two administrative subpoenas duces tecum is affirmed where: 1) the act-of-production...