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Secretary of Labor v. ConocoPhillips Bayway Refinery

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an intra-agency squabble over the application of 29 U.S.C. section 666 to certain asbestos violations, decision of the OSHRC minimizing the...

Briscoe v. City of New Haven

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving a disparate-impact challenge to defendant's promotion practices and where the plaintiff, an African-American firefighter for...

Goodrich v. Long Island Rail Road Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Federal Employers' Liability Act dispute, 45 U.S.C. section 51 et seq., arising from an action for negligent infliction of emotional distress and...

Dellinger v. Science Applications Int'l Corp.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under the FLSA's anti-retaliation provision, 29 U.S.C. section 215(a)(3), alleging that defendant violated the FLSA by refusing to hire...

Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Due Process challenge to the suspension, without pay, of police officers charged with felonies, judgment of the district court is affirmed in...

Baldwin v. Sebelius

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a constitutional challenge to the "individual mandate" provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, judgment of the district court...

Plancich v. United Parcel Service

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a labor and employment action alleging that defendant failed to pay overtime wages and maintain accurate wage and time records, judgment of the...

Contour Design, Inc. v. Chance Mold Steel Co., Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Labor & Employment Law
In dispute arising from a district court order preliminarily enjoining defendants from misappropriating plaintiff's trade secrets by selling computer...

Baker v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In dispute involving the proper calculation of cost of living adjustments under Labor Code section 4659(c), judgment of the appeals court is reversed...

Rancheria v. US

Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action by an Indian Tribe for a refund of Federal Unemployment Tax, Title 26 Section 3306(c)(7), judgment of the district court in favor of the...