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Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a suit brought by 23 States challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of power-plant emissions under the Clean Air Act, 42...

Horne v. Dep't of Agriculture

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by raisin growers against the Department of Agriculture, alleging that the Raisin Administrative Committee's imposition of a reserve...

Fowlkes v. Ironworkers Local 40

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a case brought by a plaintiff who self-identifies as male but was born biologically female, alleging his labor union discriminated against him on...

Ruiz-Vidal v. Lynch

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's decision finding petitioner removable because he was convicted of possessing a controlled substance which could be...

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. P.U.C.

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a petition for writ of review of the PUC's imposition of civil penalties of $14,350,000, the PUC decision is affirmed where: 1) the penalties were...

Mata v. Lynch

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a case in which the Board of Immigrant Appeals (BIA) dismissed plaintiff's appeal due to her counsel's failure to file a brief, the Fifth Circuit's...

Siskiyou Co. Farm Bureau v. Dept. Fish & Wildlife

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law, Administrative Law
In the Department of Fish and Wildlife's appeals of a judgment in favor of the Farm Bureau, interpreting a statute requiring notification when an...

Sela v. Medical Bd. of California

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to set aside the decision of the Medical Board of California that rejected plaintiff's request for early termination of the probationary...

Vector Resources, Inc. v. Baker

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action arising out of a determination by the Department of Industrial Relations that plaintiff failed to pay the appropriate prevailing wages to...

Committee for a Better Arvin v. US Envt'l Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Petition for review of the EPA's approval of California's State Implementation Plans to comply with National Ambient Air Quality Standards enacted...