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Poer v. Astrue

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit brought by an employee of the Social Security Administration, alleging that the Administration failed to promote him because he...

Genier v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's judgment affirming the Social Security Administration's denial of benefits to plaintiff, the judgment...

Carver v. Holder

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to enforce the EEOC's determination that the Department of Justice (DOJ) discriminated against plaintiff based on his age, claiming that...

Hubbard v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment of the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissing an appeal from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) denial of an application for...

Leonard v. E. Illinois Univ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit against a University brought by a Native American employee claiming that a promotion denial was motivated by anti-Native American...

Doyle v. Medford

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that a city's policy of denying health insurance coverage to retirees violated their due process rights, summary judgment for...

Anderson v. Durham D&M, L.L.C.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging race discrimination under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1981, age discrimination under the Age Discrimination and Employment...

Los Angeles County Fire Dep't v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
WCAB's denial of a county's petition for reconsideration in its claim that the battalion chief for the county fire department was not entitled to any...

Anthoine v. N. Central Counties Consortium

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendant terminated plaintiff public employee for reporting to management that his immediate supervisor had misrepresented...

Lewis v. Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action challenging Chicago's practice of selecting only applicants who scored 89 or above on a written examination because of its...