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Wise v. Dep't of Mgmt. Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
A denial of retirement credit for a retired public school teacher by the Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement, is reversed where...

State of Texas v. Shumake

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Texas' recreational use statute does not effectively reinstate sovereign immunity for premises liability claims arising on state-owned recreational...

Worth v. Jackson

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a complaint involving a white male employee's challenge to a government agency's affirmative action policy is affirmed in part, vacated...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
Petition for review of a decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority holding that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not have a duty to...

Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Nat'l Highway Traffic Safety Admin.

Administrative Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Transportation
Dismissal, for failure to state a claim, of a complaint challenging certain policy guidelines governing regional recalls by automakers is affirmed...

Goldstein v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Securities Law
A petition for review of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) regulation of "hedge funds" under the Investment Advisers Act is granted and a...

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of FERC orders approving and enforcing a tariff filed by the manager of New York's electric power transmission facilities is...

Envtl. Prot. Info. Ctr. v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Forest Service in a case involving a vegetation management project is affirmed where an environmental assessment...

Smutka v. City of Hutchinson

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit alleging that they violated plaintiff's procedural due process rights when a municipality's utilities...

Bailey v. Dep't of Elementary & Secondary Educ.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment as a matter of law for defendant-employer, an agency, in a First Amendment retaliation case is affirmed where: 1) there was no error...