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Sharrock v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit against the United States on a theory of respondeat superior for the actions of an off-duty sailor who injured the plaintiffs on a naval...

Quilloin v. Tenet HealthSystem Philadelphia, Inc.

Class Actions, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a nurse's collective action against her hospital employer asserting claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as well as several...

Cate v. California State Personnel Board

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
On petition for writ of administrative mandamus to order the State Personnel Board (SPB) to reinstate a correctional officer's termination of...

Brown v. City of Syracuse

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a former police officer against the city that employed him and certain police officers, alleging racial discrimination and disparate...

Soto-Padro v. Public Buildings Authority

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under 42 USC section 1983 by a former field operations supervisor for Puerto Rico's Public Buildings Authority, summary judgment against the...

Peter-Palican v. Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Ninth Circuit certifies the following legal questions to the Commonwealth Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands: 1) Does Article III,...

Dulaney v. Packaging Corporation of America

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A grant of summary judgment to an employer on Title VII sexual harassment claims is vacated and the case remanded, where: 1) there were genuine issues...

Shirvinski v. Coast Guard

Constitutional Law, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit stemming from the termination of a private at-will consulting agreement with a subcontractor on a Coast Guard project, the district court's...

Ward v. US Postal Service

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A petitioner is found to be a "prevailing party" under EAJA and is therefore entitled to the attorney's fees incurred during his Federal Circuit...

Arditi v. Lighthouse International

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's suit against his employer for breach of contract with respect to pension benefits: 1) the district court's denial of the plaintiff's...