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Patterson v. Indiana Newspapers, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' suit against their former employer alleging employment discrimination on the basis of their religious belief that homosexual conduct is...

Thompson v. United Transp. Union

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that a union breached its duty of fair representation by choosing to distribute the surplus of a settlement fund to the entire...

Mohawk Indus., Inc. v. Carpenter

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an unlawful termination suit wherein defendant-employer appealed from an order granting plaintiff's motion to compel the production of documents...

Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng'rs.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an arbitration before the National Railroad Adjustment Board (NRAB) between a railroad and a union regarding disciplinary action against certain...

Milam v. Dominick's Finder Foods, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In six black produce clerks' racial discrimination suit against their employer alleging that the company classified two white women as produce clerks...

Brown v. S. Cal. IBEW-NECA Trust Funds

Administrative Law, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action regarding the suspension of plaintiff's early retirement benefits, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where defendant trustees...

Keler v. Tuesday Morning, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of defendant's motion to decertify the class in plaintiffs' suit alleging that the defendant-employer failed to pay overtime wage is affirmed as...

Duch v. Jakubek

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a sex discrimination action claiming that defendant-supervisor should have prevented the harassment of plaintiff taking place, summary judgment for...

Milwaukee Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n v. Clarke

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by two sheriff deputies under 18 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging a violation of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the...

Lopez v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In minority police officers' disparate impact race claim under Title VII against a state agency that prepares and administers promotional examinations...