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URENA-RAMIREZ v. ASHCROFT

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
An illegal alien, convicted under the Travel Act for promoting an unlawful activity involving controlled substances, does not remain eligible for...

JOHNSON v. JONES

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Under the plain language of 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(a), an inmate must exhaust all available administrative remedies before he files suit, and if...

LAWRENCE v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The discretionary function and the misrepresentation exceptions of the Federal Tort Claims Act applied to actions of federal agents, in connection...

MCNABB v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In appeals from a claim for disability benefits for successive disabilities of entirely different origins, the district court erred in failing to...

CONNETT v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In appeal from denial of Social Security disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits, administrative law judge's (ALJ) discrediting...

YUHASZ v. BRUSH WELLMAN, INC.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court correctly found that plaintiff failed to allege a qui tam action for purported False Claims Act violations with sufficient...

AHMED v. ASHCROFT

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's denial of applications for asylum and withholding of deportation is affirmed, where the record does not support...

US CELLULAR TEL. OF GREATER TULSA, L.L.C. v. CITY OF BROKEN ARROW

Administrative Law, Communications Law
A city's denial of specific use permit requests for the construction of cellular transmission towers, did not violate the Telecommunications Act as it...

WINSETT v. PRINCIPI

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' interpretation of 38 C.F.R. section 20.1400(b), as foreclosing a "clear and unmistakable error" claim on a...

TIERDAEL CONSTR. CO. v. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH REVIEW COMM'N

Administrative Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A company engaged in OSHA Class II asbestos removal work within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. section 1926.1101, as the plain and natural meaning of the...