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ENCARNACION v.BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In an action for benefits under the federal Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled program, 42 U.S.C. sections 1381?1383f...

NAT'L PARK HOSPITALITY ASS'N v. DEP'T OF THE INTERIOR

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
A National Park Service regulation, purporting to render the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 inapplicable to contracts entered into by concessioners...

US v. NINETY-THREE FIREARMS

Administrative Law, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Either an administrative or a judicial forfeiture action brought within 120 days of a seizure will toll the 18 U.S.C. section 924(d)(1) deadline for...

HANEY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Appeal by a former police officer, found guilty by the LAPD Board of Rights of submitting a false daily field activities report, is denied where his...

IN RE CALIFORNIA INNOVATIONS, INC.

Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board applied an outdated standard in its analysis, under section 2(e)(3) of the Lanham Act, when it refused to...

RUMSFELD v. FREEDOM NY, INC.

Administrative Law, Government Contracts
In a dispute over a combat rations contract, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals' erred in invalidating one of two contract modifications...

ORTCO CONTRACTORS, INC v. CHARPENTIER

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Benefits, Workers' Compensation
The Benefits Review Board used an improper evidentiary standard in reviewing an ALJ's initial determination, which had correctly found that a presumed...

OFFICE OF THE CAPITAL COLLATERAL COUNSEL, N. REGION OF FLORIDA v. DEP'T OF JUSTICE

Administrative Law, Government Law
Documents, which if disclosed would constitute an invasion of a U.S. Attorney's privacy that is excessively disproportionate to the public interest at...

JOHNSON v. ALL-STATE CONSTR., INC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Contracts
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals's finding for defendant is reversed, as the government is entitled to withhold progress payments pursuant to...

DONALD v. UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA BD. OF REGENTS

Administrative Law, Government Law, Health Law
Private individuals are not entitled to share in proceeds of settlement with the federal government of a qui tam action brought against a state-run...