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Martinez v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income benefits under the Social Security Act is...

Bliss v. Franco

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving a mistaken probation field inspection, summary judgment for defendants, probation officers, on 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and New...

Hartman v. Moore

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A plaintiff in a retaliatory-prosecution action must plead and show the absence of probable cause for pressing the underlying criminal charges.

Jones v. Flowers

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
For purposes of due process, when mailed notice of a tax sale is returned unclaimed, a state must take additional reasonable steps to attempt to...

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Helliker

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Judgment in an agency action surrounding pesticide registration is affirmed where a declaratory judgment correctly construed the statute and where...

Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
A petition for review of the EPA's approval of a "total maximum daily load" limiting the annual discharge of oxygen-depleting pollutants, and another...

Chicago United Indus., Ltd. v. City of Chicago

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Temporary restraining order is vacated, but the case as a whole is preserved, where: 1) the court has jurisdiction over the TRO since it was older...

Bridas S.A.P.I.C. v. Gov't of Turkmenistan

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law
Vacatur of an arbitration award against the Government of Turkmenistan, a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement between plaintiff and a...

N. Ins. Co. of New York

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
An entity that does not qualify as an "arm of the State" for Eleventh Amendment purposes cannot assert sovereign immunity as a defense to an admiralty...