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CMTY. HOSP. OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA v. THOMPSON

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
A policy requiring hospitals to submit evidence that they had billed Medi-Cal for co-insurance and deductible obligations, and received a refusal to...

SHAFER v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEP'T

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Workers' Compensation
Trial court's decision not to suppress certain statements made by plaintiff was within its discretion to fashion an "appropriate remedy" under the...

BILLINGS v. US

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The regulation of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), defining the executive exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C....

AID ASS'N FOR LUTHERANS, INC. v. U.S. POSTAL SERV.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Insurance Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Regulations construing an amendment to the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U.S.C. section 3626(j)(1)(B), as barring use of a reduced postage rate for...

WRIGHT v. MASSANARI

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Substantial evidence supported the Commissioner of Social Security's decision that a Social Security benefit claimant was not disabled pursuant to the...

LAUER v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law
In assessing a motion for attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act after denial of a claim for social security benefits, the...

MCGEORGE v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Administrative Law Judge did not err in finding that a disability insurance and supplemental security income claimant had the mental residual...

NIGG v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The LEA Pay Act, 39 U.S.C. section 1003(c), does not apply to the Postal Service, and the Board's determination, that plaintiff was not eligible for...

COOK COUNTY v. US EX REL CHANDLER

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law
Local governments are "persons" amenable to qui tam actions under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. section 3729.

BILTMORE FOREST BROAD. FM, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Media Law
An FCC order awarding a radio station license to the high bidder in a license auction is affirmed, as purported failures to adhere to auction rules...