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Hawaii Stevedores, Inc. v. Ogawa

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board (BRB) affirming an Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) grant of disability benefits...

Winnett v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an interlocutory appeal brought by Caterpillar from the district court's decision preliminarily enjoining the company to provide a subclass of 275...

Rodriguez-Garcia v. Miranda-Marin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a municipal employee's suit claiming that she was transferred to another position in retaliation for testimony she gave before the Puerto Rico...

Ringwald v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking long-term disability benefits under a plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), summary...

Kobus v. Coll. of St. Scholastica, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against plaintiff's former employer, alleging that his forced resignation interfered with or denied his rights under the Family Medical...

Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, the Ninth Circuit's reversal of the district court's dismissal of the action based on the parties' agreement...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Fairbrook Med. Clinic, P.A.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) suit on behalf of plaintiff-doctor against her former employer for creating a hostile work...

Vereecke v. Huron Valley Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a high school English teacher's suit against a school district and individuals for First Amendment retaliation, claiming that certain disciplinary...

Cortes-Reyes v. Salas-Quintana

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a political discrimination suit brought by thirty-six former Ranger cadets of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources,...

New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from the Seventh Circuit's denial of petitioners' petition for review of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) finding that...