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Montes v. Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In race-and national-origin-based employment discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, grant of summary judgment in favor...

Morales v. Sun Constructors, Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful-termination suit, denial of defendant-employer's motion to stay is reversed and remanded for entry of a stay pending arbitration where...

In Re: Lucent Death Benefits ERISA Litig.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class-action suit relating to the termination of a pensioner death benefit, dismissal for failure to state a claim is affirmed where the...

Kozisek v. Couty of Seward

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination and civil rights case, summary judgment for defendants-county and county board chairman is affirmed where: 1)...

Local Joint Exec. Bd. of Las Vegas v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of an NLRB order dismissing union's complaints against hotel employers for unilaterally terminating dues-checkoff before...

Carpenter v. Mohawk Industries, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment matter, appeal of judgment for plaintiff-former employee is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and petition for writ of mandamus is...

Wisconsin Cent., Ltd. v. Shannon

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit by a railroad seeking a declaratory judgment that state overtime provisions were preempted by federal law, summary judgment for plaintiff...

Argyropoulos v. City of Alton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 violations for city's termination of plaintiff-city employee, summary...

Columbia Cas. Co. v. Georgia & Florida Railnet Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Declaratory judgment that defendant-railroad had no coverage under an insurance policy issued by plaintiff for a former employee's claims of injury is...

In re: Porter

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Rights, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
In a bankruptcy case, a ruling excepting from discharge a judgment debt that appellee had obtained against debtor in an employment retaliation case is...