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Sellars v. City of Gary

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging breach of contract and violation of the Equal Protection Clause related to the denial of health...

Atterberry v. Sherman

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against supervisors of an employee in a public agency is affirmed where the supervisors were entitled to...

Rong v. Liaoning Province Gov't

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, International Law, International Trade, Securities Law
Dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of a complaint brought against a subdivision of China under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act...

Diamond Ventures, LLC v. Barreto

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Securities Law
A protective order allowing the principals and employees of a limited liability company access to certain applications submitted to the Small Business...

Sec'y of Labor v. Twentymile Coal Co.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is generally without authority to review the Secretary of Labor's discretionary decisions...

Barnette v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff's claims that her employing agency discriminated against her on the basis of race and age when it...

Frazier v. Pioneer Ams. LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiffs have the burden to show the applicability of the Class Action Fairness Act's sections 1332(d)(3)-(5) exceptions when jurisdiction turns on...

Klingler v. Dir., Dep't of Revenue

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Plaintiffs are prevented from recovering a $2.00 annual fee they paid since 1990, because as to the category of claims involving rational...

Shreve v. Jessamine County Fiscal Court

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants-sheriff's deputies, who allegedly used excessive force in violation of 42 U.S.C. sections 1983 and 1985, and state law...

Kentucky Press Ass'n, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
An appeal from a dismissal for failure to state a claim of a suit, brought by a non-profit corporation whose members include newspapers throughout...