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Carter v. California Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
2003 Amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) stating that employers are potentially liable when third party nonemployees sexually...

Ordlock v. Franchise Tax Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In affording the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) a four-year period of limitations in which to notify a taxpayer of a state tax deficiency assessment,...

Miller v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of petitioner's claim that the Office of Personnel Management erred in assessing an overpayment against her is affirmed where petitioner's...

Cactus Corner, LLC v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
Summary judgment for the USDA sustaining, over domestic fruit growers' challenge involving medfly concerns, a rule conditionally allowing the...

Almaghzar v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is denied over petitioner's claims that: 1) the frivolous asylum...

Stoll v. Principi

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Dismissal of suit involving discrimination by a government employer is affirmed where a government employee's election to pursue a mixed case before...

Sou v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Denial of application for asylum and withholding of removal is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion, and nothing in the record compelled a...

Puerto Rico Tel. Co. v. Mun. of Guayanilla

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff in declaratory judgment action over the preemption of a local statute by the Telecommunications Act (TCA) is affirmed...

State v. Bridger

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Tax Law
Department of Revenue appeal of order granting taxpayers refunds for unconstitutional taxes is denied where the doctrine of the law of the case bars...

Hialeah Hous. Auth. v. Garcia

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Decision of Unemployment Appeals Commission reversing finding of appeals referee that a former employee was not entitled to unemployment benefits is...