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US v. Boccagna

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
That part of conviction ordering defendant to pay millions in restitution to H.U.D. for losses it sustained as the guarantor of defaulted loans...

Catskill Mountains of Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. City of New York

Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Summary judgment against defendant city for violations of the Clean Water Act, imposing civil penalties, and awarding injunctive relief is affirmed as...

Camp Legal Def. Fund Inc. v. City of Atlanta

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Moratorium on issuance of outdoor festival permits is upheld where, as to all but one provision of the Atlanta Outdoor Festivals Ordinance of 2003,...

McGavock v. City of Water Valley

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit involving the application of a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime exemption for employees "engaged in fire protection activities,"...

Forest Guardians v. Johanns

Water Law, Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a dispute involving the environmental impact of cattle grazing on certain national forest land, a judgment for the U.S. Forest Service is reversed...

Meades v. Wilmington Housing Auth.

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising out of defendant's termination of plaintiff, defendants' motion for summary judgment on a defamation claim is granted where...

Ferguson v. Town of Dewey Beach

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C section 1983 and tort case arising out of injuries plaintiff sustained during his arrest: 1) plaintiff's motion for partial summary...

Cochran v. Kent Co. Dept. of Planning Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action for injunctive relief challenging a county department in its efforts to demolish a 160 year old barn owned by plaintiffs, plaintiffs'...

California v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of intervention as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a) is reversed where health care providers are entitled to intervene in a...

Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
Dismissal of a suit against a corporation under qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act for failure timely to serve process and to prosecute is...