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CAL STATE LEGISLATIVE BD. v. DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Government Law, Transportation
The Federal Railroad Administration may exclude hotels and motels from regulation under the Hours of Service law for railroad operating employees.

SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
An Indian tribe cannot bring claims against the United States, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, for violation of a treaty.

AM. JEWISH CONGRESS v. CORP. FOR NAT'L AND CMTY. SERV.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
The government does not promote religion in violation of the Establishment Clause when it reimburses all grantees, religious and secular, for a...

STATE OF NEVADA v. DEP'T OF ENERGY

Government Law
Section 116 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act creates no continuing appropriation for Nevada where it does not grant the Department of Energy authority...

WALKER v. CITY OF MESQUITE

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of plaintiffs' request for an injunction, seeking to enjoin the Dallas Housing Authority from constructing public housing in their community,...

HOME SAVINGS OF AM. v. US

Banking Law, Contracts, Government Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's suit, alleging the government breached a contractual agreement to accord favorable accounting treatment with...

METROPCS, INC. v. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Communications Law, Government Law
Defendant-City's grant of plaintiff's application to construct a wireless telecommunications antenna is reversed where the decision unreasonably...

S. E. FED. POWER CUSTOMERS, INC. v. HARVEY

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
Dismissal of defendants' challenge to the district court's approval of a settlement agreement, concerning the water rights associated with a dam, is...

TENET v. DOE

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Military Law
Plaintiffs' suit, asserting estoppel and due process claims for the CIA's alleged failure to provide them with financial assistance it had promised in...

CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLA. v. LEAVITT

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Indian Law
The government's promise to pay "contract support costs" that two Indian Tribes incurred for health services that a government agency, the Indian...