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Maharaj v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law, International Law
In order to meet its initial burden of showing that a "firm resettlement" mandatory bar precluding a grant of asylum applies, the Department of...

Shrum v. City of Coweta

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The First Amendment applies to exercises of executive authority no less than it does to the passage of legislation. Partial denial of a police chief's...

Viacom Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Arcata

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
California's Outdoor Advertising Act, Bus. & Prof. Code section 5200 et seq, does not preempt municipal ordinances that require a permit for...

Gulf Restoration Network v. US Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Transportation, Water Law
A petition for review of a decision of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation granting a license for a liquified natural gas facility in...

Carter v. California Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
2003 Amendments to the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) stating that employers are potentially liable when third party nonemployees sexually...

Ordlock v. Franchise Tax Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In affording the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) a four-year period of limitations in which to notify a taxpayer of a state tax deficiency assessment,...

Miller v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of petitioner's claim that the Office of Personnel Management erred in assessing an overpayment against her is affirmed where petitioner's...

Cactus Corner, LLC v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Government Law, International Trade
Summary judgment for the USDA sustaining, over domestic fruit growers' challenge involving medfly concerns, a rule conditionally allowing the...

US v. Certain Land

Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a condemnation proceeding, a jury verdict determining the value of two parcels of land owned by defendant is affirmed over its claims that the...

Stoll v. Principi

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Dismissal of suit involving discrimination by a government employer is affirmed where a government employee's election to pursue a mixed case before...