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SWIFT v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
Dismissal of a Department of Justice employee's False Claims Act qui tam action is affirmed, whether or not the government must intervene under 31...

US v. CONSUMER INS. GROUP

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A government employee who obtains information about fraud in the scope of his or her employment, and who is required to report that fraud, may still...

GREEN v. WHITE

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
The Army Board for Correction of Military Records' (ABCMR) decision, thirty-one years after plaintiff was discharged from the military, was a final...

US EX REL HAMPTON v. COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORP.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
False Claims Act section 3730(b)(5) bars any action incorporating the same material elements of a fraud as an action filed earlier, thus the district...

CMTY. CARE FOUND. v. THOMPSON

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The Secretary of Health and Human Services's interpretation of section 1395ww(a)(4) of the Medicare statute, as requiring "direct" operation of the...

LACEDRA v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR US ATTORNEYS

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
The Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys did not adequately respond to, and misinterpreted, appellant's request for documents pertaining to a criminal...

ZURBA v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Where plaintiff sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act after being struck by a government vehicle, her damages are not capped...

O'DONNELL v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of social security disability and supplemental income benefits is remanded to permit the Commissioner to more fully develop the record and to...

EBBERT v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A former employer failed to show that a Title VII claimant had complete notice that the 90-day limitations period for filing her ADA claim would...

SANTA TERESA CITIZEN ACTION GROUP v. CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
The statute that grants exclusive jurisdiction to the California Supreme Court to review power plant certification decisions of the California Energy...