Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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20-16846
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White v. Kijakazi
Where claimant for disability benefits presents evidence of job-number estimates vastly disparate from vocational expert's yet allegedly using the same methodology, remand was required to resolve the inconsistency. |
Administrative Agencies |
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W. Fletcher | Aug. 9, 2022 |
B317935
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Modification: In re Dezi C.
Rejecting the previously used rules in evaluating harmlessness in an Indian Child Welfare Act context, the court instead asked whether the record gave any reason to believe the children may be Indian children. |
Administrative Agencies |
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B. Hoffstadt | Jun. 29, 2022 |
B317935
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In re Dezi C.
Rejecting the previously used rules in evaluating harmlessness in an Indian Child Welfare Act context, the court instead asked whether the record gave any reason to believe the children may be Indian children. |
Administrative Agencies |
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B. Hoffstadt | Jun. 16, 2022 |
D079339M
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Modification: 640 Tenth, LP v. Newsom
The Administrative Procedure Act did not apply to Governor Newsom's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders because the Emergency Act empowers the Governor to suspend any regulatory statute. |
Administrative Agencies |
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W. Dato | Jun. 10, 2022 |
20-35741
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Kilpatrick v. Kijakazi
An administrative law judge is not required to address evidence that does not qualify as significant probative evidence when considering Social Security disability benefits. |
Administrative Agencies |
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D. Bress | May 31, 2022 |
19-15987
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Allen v. Kijakazi
The prohibition of Social Security benefits to persons confined at public expense applies to persons civilly confined after a probable cause hearing under California's Sexually Violent Predator Act. |
Administrative Agencies |
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S. Ikuta | May 25, 2022 |
D079339
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640 Tenth, LP v. Newsom
The Administrative Procedure Act did not apply to Governor Newsom's COVID-19 stay-at-home orders because the Emergency Act empowers the Governor to suspend any regulatory statute. |
Administrative Agencies |
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W. Dato | May 17, 2022 |
20-17416
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Transgender Law Center v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE and DHS did not demonstrate beyond a material doubt the adequacy of their responses to plaintiffs' Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the death of a transgender asylum seeker. |
Administrative Agencies |
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M. McKeown | May 13, 2022 |
20-17412
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San Francisco Herring Association v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior
The National Park Service did not need to acquire a formal property interest to govern running waters because running waters cannot be owned in a traditional sense. |
Administrative Agencies |
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D. Bress | May 11, 2022 |
21-15913
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Vaz v. Neal
Although the Executive Office for Immigration Review had taken years to investigate plaintiff's complaint, the delay was not unreasonable. |
Administrative Agencies |
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M. Bennett | May 10, 2022 |
20-16597
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Miskey v. Kijakazi
Social Security Administration correctly determined that the Government Pension Offset, reducing the amount of Social Security spousal benefits paid to one receiving a government pension, applied to plaintiff. |
Administrative Agencies |
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M. Friedland | May 4, 2022 |
21-35458
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Woods v. Kijakazi
An administrative law judge properly rejected the opinion of plaintiff's examining physician because substantial evidence supported the judge's inconsistency findings. |
Administrative Agencies |
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J. Nguyen | Apr. 25, 2022 |
B305604
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California DUI Lawyers Assn. v. California Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Combining the roles of advocate and adjudicator in a single person employed by the DMV violated due process. |
Administrative Agencies |
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B. Currey | Apr. 19, 2022 |
20-56410
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Global Rescue Jets v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Like Medicare Parts A & B claims, Medicare Advantage claims must exhaust all administrative remedies before pursuing claims in federal court. |
Administrative Agencies |
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P. Watford | Apr. 11, 2022 |
20-16401
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Grand Canyon Trust v. Provencio
In determining a mine's profitability under the Mining Act, sunk costs can be ignored. |
Administrative Agencies |
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J. Bybee | Feb. 23, 2022 |
B304347
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Modification: Pappas v. State Coastal Conservancy
Trial courts may adjudicate actions for relief to restrain any Coastal Act violation. |
Administrative Agencies |
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S. Perren | Jan. 26, 2022 |
19-1401
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Hughes v. Northwestern Univ.
The Seventh Circuit failed to consider whether retirement plan administrators breached fiduciary duties by failing to remove imprudent investments from the plan. |
Administrative Agencies |
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S. Sotomayor | Jan. 25, 2022 |
21A244
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National Federation of Independent Business v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA mandate, requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated or test negative weekly, was beyond the scope of its authority. |
Administrative Agencies |
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P. Curiam (USSC) | Jan. 18, 2022 |
A162343
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Western Growers Assn. v. Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board
The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board had statutory authority to issue emergency mandates affecting businesses during the pandemic. |
Administrative Agencies |
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S. Margulies | Jan. 14, 2022 |
20-480
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Babcock v. Kijakazi
"Dual-status military technician" pension payments were not based wholly on services as a member of uniformed service and were subject to Social Security Act's Windfall Elimination provision. |
Administrative Agencies |
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A. Barrett | Jan. 14, 2022 |
B307412
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Lozano v. City of Los Angeles
A Digital In-Car Video System recording capturing police officers playing Pokemon on duty was properly used as a basis in the disciplinary action. |
Administrative Agencies |
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A. Egerton | Jan. 11, 2022 |
B308328
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Elmore v. Gordon
Driver's license suspension for refusal to submit to blood or breath test was proper despite an incomplete admonition that refusal would also result in fine or imprisonment. |
Administrative Agencies |
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J. Wiley | Jan. 4, 2022 |
20-16834
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Michener v. Kijakazi
Service not designated as employment or recognized as equivalent in U.S.-Canada Section 433 agreement was subject to the Windfall Elimination Program. |
Administrative Agencies |
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A. Hurwitz | Jan. 3, 2022 |
B304347
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Pappas v. State Coastal Conservancy
Trial courts may adjudicate actions for relief to restrain any Coastal Act violation. |
Administrative Agencies |
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S. Perren | Dec. 30, 2021 |
S263734
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Hill RHF Housing Partners, L.P. v. City of Los Angeles
Plaintiffs were not barred by remedy exhaustion from bringing an issue before the courts when the only extrajudicial dispute resolution process available was participation in a public comment session. |
Administrative Agencies |
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T. Cantil-Sakauye | Dec. 21, 2021 |
A159990
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Clawson v. Board of Registered Nursing
Gross negligence while conducting residential appraisals was unprofessional conduct subject to discipline by the Board of Registered Nursing. |
Administrative Agencies |
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T. Jackson | Dec. 20, 2021 |
B312348
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Modification: City of Oxnard v. County of Ventura
A city seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit the county from providing ambulance services was denied because the city effectively delegated its administrative control over that service prior to 1980. |
Administrative Agencies |
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M. Tangeman | Dec. 15, 2021 |
B312348
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City of Oxnard v. County of Ventura
A city seeking a preliminary injunction to prohibit the county from providing ambulance services was denied because the city effectively delegated its administrative control over that service prior to 1980. |
Administrative Agencies |
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M. Tangeman | Nov. 24, 2021 |
19-17294
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Plaskett v. Wormuth
Under the Administrative Procedure Act, plaintiff's failure to plead a discrete action the Army was required to take was a failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. |
Administrative Agencies |
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D. Collins | Nov. 22, 2021 |
E075738
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Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control properly revoked a nonprofit club's liquor license because substantial evidence showed it knowingly allowed cannabis sales on its premises. |
Administrative Agencies |
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M. Raphael | Nov. 1, 2021 |