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HAMMER v. CITY OF OSAGE BEACH

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A city employee's termination did not violate Missouri Rev. Stat. Sec. 79.240, and though plaintiff had a liberty interest in clearing his name, he...

WISCONSIN PROJECT ON NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL v. US DEP'T OF COMMERCE

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, International Trade
Exemption 3 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. s 552(b)(3) (2000), permits the Department of Commerce to withhold from public disclosure...

STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY OF KINGS (BODDE)

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Compliance with the California Tort Claims Act is a procedural prerequisite to, and neither creates nor is an element of, a tort cause of action...

ESTATE OF SMITH v. MARASCO

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights
In a state-created danger claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, a jury could find that troopers placed decedent in a foreseeably dangerous position, but...

WOLF v. DEP'T OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A Veterans Administration staff psychiatrist did not satisfy the conditions of 5 C.F.R. section 351.901 for reduction-in-force appeals, because the...

WASHOE COUNTY v. US

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The federal government's actions in denying a county's right-of-way permit application constituted neither a physical nor a regulatory taking of...

MARTINEZ-SANES v. TURNBULL

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Three government employees did not qualify as policy-makers under Virgin Islands law; hence, their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated...

THE DESTEK GROUP, INC. v. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PUB. UTILS. COMM'N

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
A state public utilities commission never made a "determination," for purposes of section 252(e)(6) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, thus no...

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...