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NEIGHBORS OF CAVITT RANCH v. COUNTY OF PLACER (BAYSIDE COVENANT CHURCH)

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court properly denied a writ of mandate to vacate the County's certification of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and the County did not...

GREGSON v. ZURICH AM. INS. CO.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employee need not initiate and exhaust administrative remedies through the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission when an insurance carrier who...

CORONADO POLICE OFFICERS ASS'N v. CARROLL

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A Public Defender's database is not a public record within the meaning of the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., and...

BELGARD v. US DEP'T OF AGRIC.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Remedies
In an appeal of the USDA's reduction of plaintiff's award under the Crop Loss Disaster Assistance Program, summary judgment in favor of the USDA is...

PATRICK v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Findings concerning a Social Security claimant's residual functional capacity were supported by substantial evidence, and ALJ did not err in applying...

LITTLEJOHN v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Administrative decisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) relating to disability claims were not entitled to claim or issue preclusive...

ATLANTA JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION v. CITY OF ATLANTA DEP'T OF AVIATION

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Media Law
A government agency, statutorily charged to be self-sufficient and acting in such proprietary capacity, is permitted to assess profit-conscious fees...

DAVIS v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A city was statutorily precluded from making public disclosure of Citizens' Review Board on Police Practices reports, since those reports came within...

JAMES v. CITY OF CORONADO

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An administrative appeal under Government Code section 3304, subdivision (b), a provision of the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act,...

BURTON v. JONES

Administrative Law, Civil Rights
A prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim was incorrectly dismissed in its entirety, as his grievances administratively exhausted his First Amendment...