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NEWSOME v. MCCABE

Civil Rights, Government Law
A city was not entitled to official immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, as witness testimony permitted the jury to believe that police...

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...

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...

MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (DILLMAN)

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Claims by surviving American prisoners of war against a number of Japanese companies for whom they were forced to do slave labor during World War II,...

ROLE MODELS AM., INC. v. WHITE

Administrative Law, Government Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The procedure followed by the Secretary of Defense, in conveying a closed military base to a state-created development corporation, violated...

MUNSON v. MERIT SYS. PROT. BD.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board erred in finding untimely a federal employee's appeal after denial of a within-grade increase, where the employee...

STATE OF S. DAKOTA v. US DEP'T OF INTERIOR

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In action by a state to prevent federal agencies from placing certain land located outside an Indian reservation into trust on behalf of the tribe,...

MIRANDA v. CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
The administrative head of a county public defender's office qualified as a state actor under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, for a policy leading to denial...

IN RE: HOOD

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
The Constitution's Bankruptcy Clause (Article I, section 8) gives Congress the power to abrogate states' sovereign immunity.