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Estate of Paulette Hamilton v. City of N.Y.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed in part where: 1) plaintiff could not introduce evidence...

Carrow v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In petitioner's challenge to the termination of his employment as an orthotist-prosthetist with the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), the Merit...

Grobeson v. City of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a former police officer's suit against the City of Los Angeles and a commanding officer, for unlawful retaliation and discrimination in violation...

Gomez-Gonzalez v. Rural Opportunities, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer, claiming violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment...

Nostrom v. A.W. Chesterton Co.

Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging violations of Industrial Code regulations, which required the prevention of air contamination and the removal of dangerous air...

Wilburn v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging the Social Security Administration's (SSA) denial of Supplemental Security Income benefits to plaintiff, summary judgment for...

Deering v. Nat'l Maint. & Repair, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit under the Jones Act against his employer for injuries sustained in an accident aboard a towboat, district court's dismissal of the...

Gentilello v. Rege

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a tenured professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center against his supervisors under 42 U.S.C. section 1983,...

Scott v. City of N.Y.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from the district court's order awarding plaintiff's counsel attorney's fees pursuant to section 216(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act,...

Coleman v. Estes Express Lines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action based on multiple alleged violations of California wage and hour statutes, defendant's application to appeal from the district...