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Thompson v. Dover Downs

Administrative Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Health Law
Lower court's reversal of the Delaware Human Relations Commission's (DHRC) decision that defendant-casino had unlawfully discriminated against...

Fund for Animals, Inc. v. Hogan

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
The district court's order amending its judgment and dismissing as moot plaintiff-s claims is affirmed where none of the plaintiff's claims presents a...

Consumers Energy Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Plaintiff's petitions for review of two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders denying reimbursement of costs incurred in connection with...

Thornton v. Snyder

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff-prisoner's appeal of his 42 U.S.C. section 1983 civil rights claims, grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants on plaintiff's cell...

Delgado v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a claim involving the existence of federal subject-matter jurisdiction in a challenge to agency decisions under the Aviation and Transportation...

Chaker v. Crogan

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
California Penal Code section 148.6 impermissibly discriminates on the basis of a speaker-s viewpoint in violation of the First Amendment since it...

California Oak Found. v. City of Santa Clarita

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action under the California Environmental Quality Act regarding a proposed industrial/business park, approval of an environmental impact report...

Reichley v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the Secretary of Agriculture's actions in response to an outbreak of avian influenza did...

ICO Gobal Communications v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts
The Federal Communications Commission did not abuse its discretion when it found that plaintiffs had not satisfied the first of several "milestone"...

Am. Gas Ass'n v. FERC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
In an action concerning the natural gas industry, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission gave a satisfactory explanation for its removal of the caps...