Category Archives: Government & Administrative Law

Conservancy of SW Florida, et al. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, et al.

This case concerned a challenge brought under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 551-559, 701-706, to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s denial of petitions to designate critical habitat for the Florida panther. The Endangered… Continue reading

State of Alabama v. Centers For Medicare And Medicaid, et al.

Alabama sued CMS claiming that it violated the federal Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 500-596, 701-706, by issuing – without notice and an opportunity for public comment – an October 28, 2008 letter to state health officials (SHO letter)… Continue reading

Matheny, et al. v. Medco Health Solutions, Inc., et al.

Relators brought a qui tam action against defendant and its subsidiaries, alleging violations of the reverse false claim provision of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(7). Relators subsequently appealed the district court’s dismissal, with … Continue reading

AL Educ. Assoc., et al. v. Governor, et al; AL Educ. Assoc., et al. v. Governor, et al; Int’l Assoc. of Firefighters, et al. v. Superintendent of Educ., et al.

This appeal involved the district court’s entry of a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of Alabama Act No. 3010-761 (Act). The Act would prohibit a state or local government employee from arranging “by payroll deduction or otherwise” the pay… Continue reading

Federal Trade Comm’n v. Phoebe Putney Health Sys., et al.

The Commission brought this action to obtain a preliminary injunction against appellees, alleging that the Authority’s purchase of Palmyra would create a monopoly in the relevant market. The district court dismissed the complaint under Rule 12(b)(6), h… Continue reading

United States v. White

Defendant, former commissioner in charge of the Environmental Services Department of Jefferson County, was convicted of charges related to federal-funds bribery for accepting cash from an engineering firm that contracted with the county for a sewer rec… Continue reading