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Boyce v. Andrew

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of qualified immunity to supervisors in a county Department of Family and Children Services is reversed as the First Amendment does not protect...

Bernard v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit by plaintiff who had a longstanding insurance agency representing defendants' companies alleging intentional and negligent misrepresentation...

Harman v. City & County of San Francisco

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In case alleging employment discrimination, award of attorney's fees is reversed in part as to fees for work performed in the prior appeal on the...

Niles Township High Sch. Dist. 219 v. Illinois Educ. Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the matter of a petition seeking administrative review, finding that the petitioner-District committed an unfair labor practice under section...

Bright v. Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII sexual discrimination case against plaintiff's employer, a judgment pursuant a jury verdict for defendants is reversed in part where...

Virginia Mason Hosp. v. Washington State Nurses Ass'n

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision granting summary judgment to defendant-union and upholding an arbitral award prohibiting plaintiff-hospital from unilaterally implementing...

Piscottano v. Murphy

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging that discipline of state correctional officers for association with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club violated their rights under the First...

Potenzo v. The Illinois Workers' Comp. Comm'n

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In the matter of injuries sustained when the claimant was attacked while on the job, denial of claim for benefits brought pursuant to the Workers'...

Nixon v. City of Houston

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a patrol officer's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the city of Houston and its police chief for employment retaliation in violation of his...

Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
A union's petition for review is denied for the reasons given by the D.C. Circuit in Nat'l Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth., 453...