all - Opinion Summaries

QUEVEDO v. ASHCROFT

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Denial of application for asylum based on fear of past and future persecution is affirmed because of the insignificance of that persecution when...

BATH IRON WORKS CORP. v. US DEP'T OF OF LABOR

Administrative Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The ALJ's determination that claimant widow is entitled to workers' compensation benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act for...

CITY OF FREMONT v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
The Federal Power Act did not preclude FERC from waiving its regulations to permit a hydro-electric plant operator to compete in an "orphan" license...

ALTO DAIRY v. VENEMAN

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law
Milk producers had standing to challenge the Agriculture Department's amendment to federal "milk marketing laws" regulating the price of milk, but the...

JONES v. COMM'R OF SOC. SEC.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Substantial evidence supported decision that a disability insurance and supplemental security income claimant, who was moderately impaired in social...

BROSNAHAN v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Administrative law judge's reasons for finding a disability insurance claimant's testimony not credible were unsupported by the record, and further...

S.H. v. STATE-OPERATED SCH. DIST. OF THE CITY OF NEWARK

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
When reviewing state administrative proceedings under the Individuals with Disabilities Act, the appropriate standard is modified de novo review.

ORTLOFF v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly exercised jurisdiction over a prisoner's Federal Tort Claims Act claim for prison officials' alleged destruction of his...

NEW ENGLAND PUB. COMMUNCATIONS COUNCIL, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law
The Telecommunications Act authorizes the FCC to regulate Bell operating company (BOC) intrastate payphone line rates, but not those of non-BOC local...

GREEN-YOUNGER v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In failing to accord controlling weight to the treating physician's opinion, an administrative law judge (ALJ) erroneously denied plaintiff disability...