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Abdulnour v. Campbell Soup Supply Co., LLC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an Iraqi citizen's action against Campbell's soup company raising a national origin discrimination claim under Title VII and state law, summary...

Proctor v. United Parcel Serv.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging plaintiff's employer, UPS, terminated him in retaliation for filing administrative charges of disability discrimination in...

Hess v. Reg-Ellen Mach. Tool Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an ERISA suit regarding plaintiffs' requests for a rollover distribution and a segregation and liquidation of their accounts under their former...

Auto. Mechs. Local 701 Welfare & Pension Funds v. Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute over the rate of contribution by an employer to union welfare and pension funds, sua sponte dismissal of the action is reversed...

Crown Cork & Seal Co, Inc. v. Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An appeal from dismissal of an employer's declaratory judgment claims brought under the ERISA and the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) and from...

Langley v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Mere labeling by a plan sponsor or administrator is not determinative on whether a plan is governed by ERISA. In a former employee's case brought...

Mayfield v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A decision denying a widow's claim for dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) is affirmed in part and dismissed in part as: 1) a challenge to a...

Ferreiro v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit by former employees or widows of former employees of the U.S. residing in Cuba seeking civil service retirement benefits and veteran's...

Dearchibold v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a suit alleging that the U.S. is liable for amounts due to plaintiffs under Panamanian labor law as a consequence of plaintiffs' employment with...

Adelman-Reyes v. Saint Xavier Univ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that defendant-university denied plaintiff tenure because of her religion and that the head of her department tortiously interfered...