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City of Los Angeles v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
City's petition for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) awarding the full $125,000 death benefit to the California...

Crawford v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law
In consolidated appeals from fee awards to attorneys who successfully represented Social Security Disability Insurance claimants in federal court...

Crawford v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law
In consolidated appeals from fee awards to attorneys who successfully represented Social Security Disability Insurance claimants in federal court...

Barela v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Military Law
A decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims', denying a surviving spouse's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) from...

Crucible Materials Corp. v. N.Y. Power Auth.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an Article 78 proceeding challenging the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) determination requiring participants in the Power for Jobs program to...

Aurelius Capital Ptnrs., LP v. Argentina

Government Benefits, Government Law, International Law
In defendant Republic of Argentina's appeal from the district court's orders of attachment and execution entered in late 2008 over Argentine social...

Barrientos v. 1801-1825 Morton LLC

Government Benefits, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action under the Housing and Community Development Act challenging eviction notices issued by defendant-landlord, summary judgment for...

Comm. Concerning Cmty. Improvement v. Modesto

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Tax Law
In an action claiming that defendant city and county failed to provide plaintiffs, Latino residents of neighborhoods in the city, with adequate...

Rabbers v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's denial of claimant's application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed where, although the ALJ clearly did not make the...

Pedroza v. Benefits Rev. Bd.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of the Benefits Review Board's determination that petitioner was not entitled to disability benefits under the Longshore and...