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Lakeland Enter. v. Chao

Administrative Law, Construction, Labor & Employment Law
A civil penalty assessed against plaintiff, for willful violation of 29 C.F.R. section 1926.652(a)(1), which requires that workers in excavation...

Pennsylvania Prot. v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Welfare

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a suit alleging a failure to provide suitable services to persons with mental illness and retardation, summary judgment in favor of...

Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs Local 148 v. Illinois Dep't of Employment Sec.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for administrative review of a decision to deny unemployment benefits, the decision is affirmed where members of Engineers' Union had a...

Great Basin Mine Watch v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Defendant-EPA did not act arbitrarily, capriciously, or contrary to law when it granted Nevada's request to split one of its clean air areas into two.

SEC v. Yuen

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
A district court order, withholding compensation payments to executives of a corporation pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, is affirmed over...

FTC v. Freecom Communications, Inc.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Communications Law
An award of attorney fees in favor of defendant, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, is reversed where clear evidence does not support the...

Nagrampa v. MailCoups, Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
An arbitrator, and not the court, is the proper party to determine whether an agreement containing an arbitration clause is unconscionable.

KENNY v. SNOW

Administrative Law, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, seeking credit for a question on a licensing examination for customs brokers, is affirmed where the decision to deny...

WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE, INC. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
A regulation promulgated by defendant-EPA, which controls the emission of water pollutants from concentrated animal feeding operations, violates the...

AM. LIBRARY ASS'N v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law
A rehearing is required to determine whether plaintiff has standing to challenge an FCC rule requiring digital television receivers to give effect to...