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KISKA CONSTR. CORP. v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
A construction company's tort claims against a transit authority were properly dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds, and the district court...

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.

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...

WICHITA FALLS STATE HOSP. v. TAYLOR

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
By enacting section 321.003 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Legislature did not intend to waive the State's sovereign immunity to suit...

US v. MISSISSIPPI DEP'T OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The United States is not barred by the Eleventh Amendment from suing a state to enforce federal law and obtain the relief authorized by the Americans...

US v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Court of Federal Claims had Indian Tucker Act jurisdiction over a tribe's suit against the U.S. for breach of fiduciary duty to manage land and...

PEOPLE EX REL KERR (COUNTY OF ORANGE)

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
A county charter provision allowing voters in a supervisorial district to elect a replacement to fill a vacancy in the board of supervisors (1)...

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,...

INT'L ASS'N OF FIRE FIGHTERS v. CITY OF CLAYTON

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Firefighters did not have standing to bring an action alleging a city's failure to levy property taxes at a certain rate for contribution to their...