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Warshak v. US

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Remedies
In declaratory judgment suit challenging section 2703(d) of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which authorizes the federal government to...

New Orleans & Gulf Coast Ry. Co. v. Barrois

Civil Procedure, Transportation
In a suit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief either to prohibit or regulate defendant's installation or use of private at-grade railroad...

Sprint Communications Co., L.P. v. APCC Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts
An assignee of a legal claim for money owed has standing to pursue that claim in federal court, even when the assignee has promised to remit the...

Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action brought against Exxon for economic losses resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, a circuit court ruling remitting the punitive...

Dada v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In the context of aliens who have requested and been granted voluntary departure from the U.S., which is a form of discretionary relief that avoids...

Mayer v. L&B Real Estate

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action to quiet title brought after plaintiffs learned that a portion of certain commercial property they owned had been sold at a tax sale, a...

Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In an action arising after a county-defendant refused a phone company's request for a refund of use taxes paid on services which were allegedly tax...

McCarty v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to receive disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, an appeal from a decision affirming a denial of benefits is...

Zedan v. Habash

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a judgment creditor's adversary proceeding objecting to the discharge of bankruptcy debtor's debts because of his alleged fraud in representing his...

Teshome-Gebreegziabher v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In removal proceedings, a motion to stay petitioner's removal pending resolution of her petition for review is denied where: 1) 8 U.S.C. section...