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JACKSON v. GOURLEY

Administrative Law, Education Law, Transportation
Because the Legislature has expressly declined to regulate the format and content of private school driver education courses, the Department of Motor...

U.S. EX REL COSTNER v. URS CONSULTANTS, INC.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law
False Claims Act section 3730(d)(4) is not an express provision regarding costs and thus does not displace the district court's authority to award...

U.S. EX REL. COSTNER v. URS CONSULTANTS, INC.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Summary judgment on False Claims Act claims was proper where plaintiff failed to produce evidence as to whether information allegedly withheld from...

AT&T v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law
An incumbent local exchange carrier created a sham entity to increase rates charged to an interexchange carrier, in violation of section 201(b) of the...

DAVIDSON v. VENEMAN

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Remedies
In a disaster assistance claim to the Farm Services Agency, denial of attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act is affirmed, as the...

ALLEGHENY TELEDYNE INC. v. US

Administrative Law, Government Contracts
The Court of Federal Claims correctly interpreted Cost Accounting Standard 413 in contractors' challenges to the U.S. Corporate Administrative...

MICHIGAN DEP'T OF ENVTL. QUALITY v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
The Environmental Appeals Board did not abuse its discretion in finding that a Michigan state agency did not sufficiently identify its objections to...

WATTS v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The failure to exhaust administrative remedies that an ERISA plan provides, for challenging denial of a benefits claim, should not apply where that...

OSBORNE v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
An administrative law judge could rely on failure to seek mental health treatment as a basis for concluding that a Supplemental Security Income...

FLIGHTSAFETY INT'L, INC. v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY ASSESSMENT APPEALS BDS. (LOS ANGELES COUNTY BD. OF SUPERVISORS

Administrative Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A county assessment appeals board had a duty under Revenue and Taxation Code section 1604(d) to enter a taxpayer's opinion of value on the assessment...