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Ford v. D.C. 37 Union Local 1549

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for breach of a union's duty of fair representation under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), dismissal of the action for lack of...

Malloy v. US Postal Service

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming petitioner's removal from employment by the United States Postal Service (USPS) is...

Briscoe v. Preferred Health Plan, Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action claiming that defendant-health plan failed to disclose to its client's employees that the client would be unable to fund its future...

Scobey v. Nucor Steel-Arkansas

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court's dismissal on summary judgment of plaintiff's claims of employment retaliation and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act...

Calderon-Garnier v. Sanchez-Ramos

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case brought by a former prosecutor of Puerto Rico, summary judgment and dismissal rulings for defendants are affirmed...

Ali v. U.S.A. Cab. Ltd.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a wage and hour action against a taxicab company claiming that the company's leases wrongfully classified lessees as independent contractors rather...

Middleton v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an employment discrimination action brought against the City of Chicago by a former member of the United States Air Force, district court's...

Rice v. Jefferson Pilot Fin. Ins. Co.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action challenging a denial of plaintiff's application for long-term disability benefits, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where,...

Baur v. Wkrs.' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of a worker's compensation judge's order granting petitioner's employer a credit against future worker's compensation...

Sousa v. Roque

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by a public employee claiming that defendants retaliated against him in violation of the First Amendment for reporting workplace...