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White v. The Dep't of Employment Security

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of unemployment benefits is affirmed over claims that: 1) plaintiff did not voluntarily leave employment; 2) the hearing referee improperly...

Ramanathan v. Bank of Am.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination action brought against former employer-bank, summary judgment for the bank is reversed as: 1) where an employee asserts his or her...

Dixon v. Int'l Bhd. of Police Officers

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit by a female police officer against a police officers union and individual police officers and union officials alleging discrimination,...

Sec'y of Labor v. Trinity Indus., Inc.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petitions for review brought by the Secretary of Labor and an employer of decisions upholding two violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act...

Am. Maritime Officers v. Marine Eng'rs Beneficial Ass'n

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute between competing labor unions representing maritime officers alleging tortious interference with a contractual relationship and unjust...

Board of Trustees of the Cal. State Univ. v. Public Employee Relations Bd.

Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where petitioner was precluded by respondent from insisting that a memorandum of understanding contained limits on the authority of an...

Metoyer v. Chassman

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
A defendant cannot raise a mixed-motive defense to liability for discrimination claims brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1981, and such defense, even if...

Edgar v. Avaya, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit brought by a former employee alleging that defendant-employer and several of its officers breached their fiduciary duties under section 404...

Rogers v. Andrus Transp. Servs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action alleging a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in defendant's revocation of an offer to hire plaintiff as a driver, denial...