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SHAFFER v. VENEMAN

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits
The district court had neither subject matter nor ancillary jurisdiction over a farmer's claim which arose from an agreement with the Department of...

FENN v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BD.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A firefighter on industrial leave had to actually work the requisite number of hours in order to earn the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) premium rate...

US v. ELLIS

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech
Sufficient evidence showed that defendant's failure to register a kitchen laboratory operated for GHB manufacture was with an intent to defraud or...

WINCK v. ENGLAND

Administrative Law, Military Law
A military service member must exhaust all intraservice administrative remedies before applying for a writ of habeas corpus seeking discharge from the...

ZEIGLER COAL CO. v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Administrative Law Judge properly found that claimant was entitled to an irrebuttable presumption of pneumoconiosis, and benefits under the Black Lung...

CHIPPEWA & FLAMBEAU IMPROVEMENT CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Construction, Public Utilities, Water Law
The FERC properly determined that a reservoir was "necessary or appropriate" to a project, and that projects downstream constituted a complete unit of...

MOE v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Psychological injury accompanied by physical injury, regardless of the order in which they occur, is within the scope of the Federal Employees'...

HOLDERFIELD v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Board's dismissal of plaintiff's Individual Right of Action (IRA) appeal for lack of jurisdiction is reversed where the Board's decision contains...

CAMPION v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's nonselection for certain Senior Executive Service (SES) positions for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where the Board did not err in its...

MENDOZA v. U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
The immigration judge's order denying plaintiff asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and the United...