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Concerned Citizens of Bayshore Cmty., Inc. v. Lee County

Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Petition for certiorari review of an order dismissing plaintiff's petition with prejudice is granted and the order quashed in a challenge to...

Amcomp Preferred Ins. Co. v. Koken

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Insurance Law
Denial of defendant's motion to dismiss insurance commissioner plaintiff's action to recover, as "voidable preferences," preferential payments made to...

Englich v. Agency for Healthcare Admin.

Debt Collection, Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Order requiring that the proceeds of plaintiff-spouse's wrongful death settlement be used to pay a Medicaid lien in full is affirmed since, under...

Perez v. Unified Gov't of Wyandotte County

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of firefighter-defendant's motion for summary judgment pursuant to qualified immunity in a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983,...

Joseph v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Wisconsin Sys.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Sanctions
Grant of defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants violated his constitutional...

Butler v. City of Palos Verdes

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Judgment for plaintiffs in an action to enjoin a municipality's peafowl management program is reversed since the peafowl management program does not...

CropLife Am., Inc. v. City of Madison

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for municipal defendants in a challenge by plaintiffs, producers and suppliers of lawn care products, to local ordinances forbidding...

Slusher v. Nat. Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of agency defendant's adverse determination as to petitioner's claim that his discharge by his employer amounted to an unfair...

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Government Law
In an action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a judgment compelling agency defendant to provide plaintiff with reasonably segregable...

Judicial Watch, Inc. v. US Senate

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit against defendants, the Senate and individuals, alleging that certain senate rules effectively unconstitutionally...