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Qwest Corp. v. City of Surprise

Communications Law, Contracts, Government Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for municipal defendants on plaintiff-communication company's claim that defendants' telecommunications licensing and franchise...

Barham v. Ramsey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of defendants' motions for summary judgment pursuant to qualified immunity is affirmed in a class civil rights action brought by individuals...

Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant, oil company, denying plaintiff recovery of certain cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...

Qwest Communications, Inc. v. City of Berkeley

Communications Law, Government Law, Remedies
Summary judgment ruling that plaintiff-municipality's Interim Telecommunication Carriers Ordinance involving telecommunications infrastructure work is...

Holcomb v. Powell

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a Title VII case alleging discrimination against plaintiff on the basis of race and retaliation is reversed...

IDACORP Energy L.P. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of an agency decision in a billing dispute between intervenor, an entity that runs the California electric grid, and petitioner,...

Mitskovski v. Buffalo & Fort Erie Pub. Bridge Auth.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Order remanding a case asserting environmental claims to state court for failure to comply with a local court rule is vacated where the remand order...

Olmeda v. Ortiz-Quinonez

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment in a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is vacated where plaintiff is not...

Maldonado v. City of Altus

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants, muncipality and officials, in a case brought by plaintiffs-employees asserting claims of discrimination as to an...

Affordable Hous. Dev. Corp. v. City of Fresno

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendants, a municipality and individuals, on various discrimination claims regarding a city council's disapproval of certain bonds...