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Jacobs v. New York Foundling Hospital

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a dispute involving the denial of overtime pay, district court grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant is not obligated...

Finkel v. Romanowicz

Commercial Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a breach of fiduciary duty action brought under ERISA, district court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) plaintiff failed...

Local 917, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a decision of the NLRB is denied where the Board properly ruled that plaintiff's effort to enforce the work preservation clause...

Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that plaintiffs-trade union leaders' employers, two bottling companies, collaborated with Colombian paramilitary forces to...

Sanchez v. County of San Bernadino

Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for breach of contract, summary judgment for defendant on grounds that a confidentiality provision was void as against public policy is...

Sasco Electric v. CA Fair Employment and Housing Comm'n

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Trial court judgment denying petition for administrative mandate challenging a decision by the Fair Employment and Housing Commission finding the...

Brown v. Nucor Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from the denial of plaintiffs' motion for class certification in an employment discrimination action, denial of the motion is vacated...

Raybourne v. Cigna Life Ins. Co. of New York

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving a denial of long-term disability benefits, district court judgment is vacated and remanded where, although the court properly...

RAG American Coal Company v. Buchanan

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment of the Benefits Review Board awarding benefits to defendant under the Black Lung Benefits Act is affirmed where: 1) defendant's second claim...

Easter v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over whether the commuting time for federal employees who use government vehicles constitutes a compensable period of work under the Fair...