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Thompson v. N. Am. Stainless, LP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Title VII prohibits employers from taking retaliatory action against employees not directly involved in protected activity, but who are so closely...

Mission Independent School District v. Garcia et. al.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Tort Claims Act's election-of-remedies provision under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code section 101.106 applies to bar common-law claims for...

Brady v. Livingood

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the U.S. House Office of the Sergeant at Arms alleging racial discrimination, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1)...

Davis v. Team Elec. Co.

Civil Rights, Construction, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging gender discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed where: 1)...

Ruiz-Rivera v. Pfizer Pharm., LLC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, Labor & Employment Law
In a case against employer "regarded as" a disability claim for a violation of ADA, grant of summary judgment, on reconsideration, for employer is...

Grace v. USCAR

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and federal and state gender discrimination claims against defendants is affirmed in part and...

Smith v. Williams-Ash

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a social worker claiming violation of their due process right to a hearing before the temporary removal of...

Air Transport Ass'n of Am., Inc. v. Cuomo

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In an action arising from a series of well-publicized incidents in which airline passengers endured lengthy delays grounded on New York runways, some...

Giarratano v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In a prisoner suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act unconstitutionally excludes prisoners from its...

Seymour v. City of Des Moines

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action instituted by a father against a city and police officers arising from his detention during investigations prior to his child's death,...