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Mansfield v. Peake

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
A decision determining the earliest effective date for claimant's award of VA benefits under 38 U.S.C. section 1151 is affirmed over claims of error...

Wrenn v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
A district court's determination that the combined attorney's fees for representation before the Social Security Administration (SSA) and on appeal to...

Steed v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of social security disability and supplemental security income benefits is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supported a finding that...

Reeves v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law
An award of attorney's fees granted under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 28 U.S.C. section 2412(d)(1)(A) belongs to the "prevailing party",...

Moran v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
Denial of a veteran's claim for service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is affirmed where the term "engaged in combat with the...

Groves v. Peake

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
A decision finding that a denial of service connection for episodes of paranoid schizophrenia during and after service did not contain clear and...

US v. Herrera-Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Benefits
Convictions stemming from defendant's use of personal information, including a Social Security number, that did not belong to defendant in order to...

Students for Sensible Drug Policy Found. v. Spellings

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Government Benefits
In an action wherein plaintiff sought an injunction and a declaratory judgment that 20 U.S.C. section 1901(r), which suspends eligibility for student...

State of California Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Leavitt

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
In a case involving whether the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) complied with an order requiring it to provide for the review of all...

Stalley v. Orlando Reg'l Healthcare Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Remedies
In an appeal concerning whether a plaintiff who alleges no injury to himself has standing to bring a qui tam action for damages under the Medicare...