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Service Employees Int'l. Union v. US

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an appeal of the IRS's assessment of penalties for the late filing of a return, a district court's order reducing the assessed penalty is reversed...

Acevedo v. Allsup's Convenience Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action against defendant-employer, seeking payment of unpaid wages and overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the district court's...

Schexnayder v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action claiming that defendant-insurer wrongly denied plaintiff disability benefits, summary judgment on the merits for plaintiff is...

Sullivan v. Leor Energy LLC

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action for breach of an employment contract, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) under Texas law, a contract for a stated term...

Taravella v. Town of Wolcott

Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff's right to due process was violated when she was fired from municipal employment without a hearing, denial of...

Braza v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a widow's claim for a survivor annuity as the spouse of a deceased civil service employee, decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming...

Alcazar v. Corp. of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action seeking pay for the overtime hours plaintiff worked as a seminarian in a Catholic church in Washington, dismissal of the action is...

Woodward v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In petitioner's claim seeking death benefits for the death of her husband-volunteer firefighter under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act, BJA's...

Service Employees Int'l Union v. Nat'l Union of Healthcare Workers

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action by a parent and local affiliate union seeking injunctive relief to obtain restoration of properties it alleged were illegally taken by...

Stockwell v. City of Harvey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In white firefighters' suit against a city claiming that it failed to promote them within its fire department because of their race, summary judgment...