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US v. de Cay

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law
In defendants' appeal of the district court's order granting garnishment of one defendant's contributions to, and one defendant's monthly benefits...

Downing v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board's affirmance of the reconsideration decision of the Office of Personnel Management's denying petitioner's request...

Hamilton v. Palm

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a diversity negligence action, alleging that plaintiff fell and was seriously injured doing roofing work and constructing an addition on property...

Faghri v. Univ. of Conn.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendants unconstitutionally retaliated against plaintiff for his exercise of his right to free speech in violation of the...

California Corr. Peace Officers' Ass'n v. State of California

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In California Correctional Peace Officers' Association's (CCPOA) class action suit against the state of California, through the California Department...

Braswell v. Shoreline Fire Dept.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff had a property interest in his employment with a town and a liberty interest in pursuing his profession as a...

Equitable Res., Inc. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Mfg., etc.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In a company's suit under section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) to vacate or modify the arbitration award against it, district...

Anderson v. Cytec Indus., Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging defendant's denial of plaintiff's ERISA claim for short-term disability benefits, judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...

Garrison v. Red Clay Consol. Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a public school teacher who claimed that he was wrongfully terminated for failing to complete a required mentoring program, summary...

Bonner v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Government Benefits, Government Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a widow's suit against an insurer seeking a declaratory judgment that she is entitled to the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act (FEGLIA)...