Cases

POSNER, Circuit Judge. Gary Allord is embarked on a quest, thus far unsuccessful, for social security disability benefits. He is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran conceded to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder, but because he lost social security coverage in 1992 he cannot obtain benefits unless he proves that his PTSD was disabling then, as it is now.

PER CURIAM. Jeff Kasarsky suffers from lower back pain,. chronic depression, and a mild depressive disorder known as dysthymia. He applied for Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 216(i), 223(d), and for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under Title XVI of the Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1603, 1614(a)(30). After preliminary agency proc

POSNER, Chief Judge. Winifred Barron applied for disabled widow’s benefits as the widow of Paul Raymond. 42 U.S.C. § 402(e). She was turned down on the ground that she had not been Raymond’s common law wife, and appeals to us from the district court’s refusal to set aside the denial of her application. Barron, now age 64, has made a career of marriage. W

Opinion NORCOTT, J. The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a defendant in an action to establish child support, who is properly served with notice of the pending proceedings and summoned to appear but fails to appear as directed or to otherwise deny the material allegations of the petition, impliedly has admitted the factual assertions of the petition such that an adjudication of paternity m

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA NATIONWIDE BIWEEKLY ADMINISTRATION, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. S250047 First Appellate District, Division One A150264 Alameda County Superior Court

OPINION Sterrett, Judge: Respondent, on August 28, 1978, issued a final adverse determination with respect to petitioner’s exempt status under section 501(c)(3), I.R.C. 1954. This is an action for declaratory relief under the terms of section 7428. The administrative record, which includes all the facts upon which respondent made his final adver

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge: Plaintiffs are three unsuccessful candidates for public office who seek to recover approximately $9 million in damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 18 U.S.C. § 1964 (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — RICO), and the common law of West Virginia, for alleged irregularities in the 1980 general election. The district court granted motions to dismiss, summary judgment, or directed verdicts

797 F.2d 1279 RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 6338 John HUTCHINSON; William Reese; Leonard Underwood, Appellants,v.Margaret D. MILLER, individually and as Clerk of the CountyCommission of Kanawha County, West Virginia; David MichaelStaton; Steven L. Miller; James E. Roark, individually andas Prosecuting Attorney of Kanawha County, West Virginia;John A. Cavacini, Jr.; Computer Elections Systems, Inc., a

*629 Maxa, J. ¶1 The Washington Trucking Association (WTA) and six Washington based trucking carriers (the Carriers) appeal the trial court’s dismissal under CR 12(b)(6) or CR 12(c) of their lawsuit against the Washington Employment Security Department (ESD) and various ESD employees. The lawsuit arose from

499 F.Supp. 174 (1980) Harold G. WELLS v. John HUTCHINSON, Director of Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the Commissioners Court of Panola County, Texas. No. TY-75-69-CA. United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Tyler Division. August 25, 1980. *175 *176 *17

KANE, District Judge. Thomas G. Koch was awarded $100,000 by a jury on his claim that the City of Hutchinson, Kansas abridged his right of free speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The trial court then granted defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, set aside the verdict and entered judgment in favor of the City of Hutchinson. On appeal Koch raises a number of

BORDEN, J., with whom VERTEFEUILLE, J., joins, dissenting. The majority concludes that sexual orientation is a quasi-suspect class under our state constitutional provisions guaranteeing equal protection of the laws; Conn. Const., § 20, art. I, §§ 1 and 20;1 and, based on that conclusion, the majority further concludes that our statute confining marriage

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 560 SYLLABUS The Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue does not have the authority to attribute income and assess taxes to a business on the ground that the business structured itself to comply with the relevant tax statutes and was motivated to do so solely by tax avoidance. OPINION

336 F.Supp. 772 (1971) Leonard Howard MANDEL individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. Donald J. HUTCHINSON, etc., et al., Defendants. Civ. No. 71-2327. United States District Court, C. D. California. December 21, 1971. *773 Irachmil B. Taus, II, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff. John D. Ma

TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge. I. Background 1 IHC Health Plans, Inc. (“Health Plans”), on its own behalf and as successor in interest to IHC Care, Inc. (“Care”) and IHC Group, Inc. (“Group”) (collectively “petitioners”), 2

PER CURIAM: Appellant, The Nationalist Movement, a Mississippi non-profit corporation, appeals from judgment entered by the United States Tax Court denying tax exempt status under I.R.C. § 501(e)(3). We affirm. *218 I. FACTS

920 F.2d 864 Phillip Wayne HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.David EVANS, Commissioner, Lanson Newsome, DeputyCommissioner, A.G. Thomas, Warden, Defendants-Appellants. No. 89-8589. United States Court of Appeals,Eleventh Circuit. Jan. 10, 1991. Terry L. Long, William B. Hill, and Daryl A. Robinson, Office of St

Chabot, J., dissenting: Up to now, declaratory judgment jurisdiction under section 7428 has been thought to lie (1) where an organization has sought a status (qualification or classification) previously unacknowledged by the Internal Revenue Service and (2) where the Internal Revenue Service has revoked an organization’s favorable status ruling. The majority now add the situation where the organization has

Kaplan, J. In these consolidated actions, brought to enforce asserted civil rights, the plaintiffs based their claims on State law and on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) (civil action for deprivation of rights). As prevailing parties in these actions, the plain*745tiffs secured an award of attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1982) (vindication of civil rights; a

Hall, Judge: Respondent determined a deficiency of $1,882.94 in petitioner Lawrence Boyer’s 1970 income tax, plus an addition to the tax under section 6653(a)1 of $94.14. For 1971, respondent determined a deficiency in petitioners’ income tax of $2,204.06. The issues for decision are:2