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MCKEE v. ORANGE UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Government Law
A citizen of the State of California is an "interested person" within the meaning of Government Code sections 54960 and 54960.1, and may sue a...

MARIANA v. FISHER

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Government Law, Health Law
Plaintiffs sufficiently state an antitrust claim in that the national tobacco litigation Master Settlement Agreement creates an output cartel that on...

HOGAR v. CMTY. DEV. COMM'N OF THE CITY OF ESCONDIDO

Government Law, Tax Law
Under the applicable statute of limitations, the trial court could only order reimbursement of the Housing Fund for a period commencing three years...

S.D. MYERS, INC. v. CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Family Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A city's "Non-Discrimination in Contracts" ordinance, requiring city contractors to provide equal benefits to their employees regardless of marital or...

AKERS v. ALVEY

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A former family services worker satisfied the elements of a tort-of-outrage claim against her former supervisor, but such a claim against the Kentucky...

IN RE: DOCTORS HOSP. OF HYDE PARK, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Through the Illinois Comptroller Act, the legislature intended to give the state priority over assignees of state contracts in the event of...

STATE ENG'R v. S. FORK BAND OF THE TE-MOAK TRIBE OF W. SHOSHONE INDIANS OF NEVADA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Water Law
The McCarran Amendment waives the U.S.'s immunity from suit, not only for the administration of water rights acquired after the statute's enactment,...

ANDERSON v. ROCHESTER-GENESEE REG'L TRANSP. AUTH.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
In an action alleging the defendants' paratransit system for disabled persons violated the ADA, summary judgment on the plaintiffs' claims for...

J. H. MCKNIGHT RANCH, INC. v. FRANCHISE TAX BD.

Administrative Law, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
Under principles of equity, the government is estopped from using a procedural barrier to defeat the recovery of tax money never owed but paid by...

CARTWRIGHT v. CITY OF MARINE CITY

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 plaintiff has not made out a constitutional violation against a city or police officers, for failing to prevent the death of...