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City of Grapevine v. Sipes

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In the context of the Texas Tort Claims Act, which provides that a governmental unit retains immunity for claims based on the absence of a traffic...

Yousuf v. Samantar

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The government is a "person" subject to subpoena under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 regardless of whether it is a party to the underlying...

Covad Communications Co. v. Fed. Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Government Law
In a dispute involving incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), their petitions for review of an...

BNSF Ry. Co. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation
A railway company's petition for review of an order of the Surface Transportation Board rejecting as unreasonable certain rates the railroad charged a...

Fashion Valley Mall, LLC. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving potential violation of the National Labor Relations Act in a shopping mall owner's maintenance of a permit requirement and...

Diaz-Fonseca v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
In suits where the essence of the claim is one stated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for denial of free and appropriate public...

Eldredge v. Dep't of the Interior

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board denying petitioner's request for firefighter retirement credit under the Federal Employees'...

Fields v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal, for lack of jurisdiction, of petitioner's individual right of action appeal under the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) involving alleged...

Santa Monica Food Not Bombs v. City of Santa Monica

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
A city's "Community Events Ordinance" requiring permits for certain categories of community events is, save a single provision, a content-neutral...

Healy v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit alleging retaliation for an employee's allegations of corruption is affirmed where the...