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Bassett v. Nat'l Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
In a former assistant coach's action against the NCAA raising claims for antitrust violations, fraud and alleged breach of contract claims, summary...

Hervey v. County of Koochiching

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action brought by a plaintiff-employee alleging claims of gender discrimination and retaliation based on her participation in protected...

United Transp. Union v. Burlington N. Santa Fe R.R. Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action alleging defendants violated the Railway Labor Act (RLA) by implementing a trackage rights agreement approved through the process...

Gallo v. U.S.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by an FAA air traffic controller involving an alleged violation of 5 U.S.C. section 8151, a provision enacted as part of 1974...

Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The "class-of-one" theory of equal protection does not apply in the context of public employment. Thus, a public employee cannot state a claim under...

Elsensohn v. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming alleged interference with, restraint, and denial of plaintiff's rights under the Family Medical Leave Act, dismissal of the...

Merlo v. Orland Hills Police Pension Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A trial court decision awarding petitioner-appellee a line of duty pension for injuries he sustained while on patrol when he attempted to remove...

Gross v. Town of Cicero

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
On a motion to reconsider dismissal of plaintiff's appeal for failure to prosecute, the circuit court gives appellant's counsel the choice of paying a...

Cox v. NAP Constr. Co., Inc.

Contracts, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
When a contractor has promised to pay its workers the prevailing wages required by the United States Housing Act, the workers may sue under state law...

Negron-Almeda v. Santiago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an employment discrimination case premised on a claim of political connivance wherein the district court used its equitable powers to augment the...