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BUNNELL v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) need not have recused himself from hearing a Social Security claimant's application for disability benefits, because...

STATE ENG'R v. S. FORK BAND OF THE TE-MOAK TRIBE OF W. SHOSHONE INDIANS OF NEVADA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Water Law
The McCarran Amendment waives the U.S.'s immunity from suit, not only for the administration of water rights acquired after the statute's enactment,...

THOMAS v. WOOLUM

Administrative Law, Civil Rights
As long as an inmate presents a grievance to prison officials and appeals through available procedure, the inmate has exhausted administrative...

TRANSP. INTELLIGENCE, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law
An FCC order, denying a company's application for review of a decision to authorize a competitor to market a radio transmitter, was neither arbitrary...

N. NATURAL GAS CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
FERC failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its decision to reject a proposed revision to a tariff which would have allowed a pipeline company...

FORMER EMPLOYEES OF MOTOROLA CERAMIC PRODS. v. US

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, International Trade, Labor & Employment Law
Parties who secure a consent order remanding a proceeding to an administrative agency because of an alleged error on the merits (where the court also...

J. H. MCKNIGHT RANCH, INC. v. FRANCHISE TAX BD.

Administrative Law, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
Under principles of equity, the government is estopped from using a procedural barrier to defeat the recovery of tax money never owed but paid by...

CUSTOM COMPUTER SERVS., INC. v. PAYCHEX PROPS., INC.

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
The PTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's dismissal of defendant's notice of opposition to a trademark application for having been untimely filed is...

NEW HAVEN TERMINAL CORP. v. LAKE

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board decision, which reversed the ALJ's termination of longshoreman's permanent partial disability award, is...

CORNISH v. BLAKEY

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Transportation
Challenge to FAA's revocation of mechanic certificate is dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, and a challenge to agency...