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Jarvis v. Potter

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act brought by an individual terminated from his position at the United States Postal Service because...

Teachers Retirement Bd. v. Genest

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In dispute over legislation which reduced the state's obligation to fund the Supplemental Benefit Maintenance Account of the Teachers' Retirement Fund...

Vera v. WCAB

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Award of permanent disability is affirmed where respondent board properly denied the petition for reconsideration as the schedule for rating permanent...

Paul Revere Ins. Group v. US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Government Law, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In proceedings arising when the government filed, and then executed in federal court on, a judgment lien against an award defendant recovered for...

B'hd of Locomotive Eng'rs & Trainmen v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit to enforce an arbitration award in favor of a union against a railroad, dismissal of the suit is reversed and remanded with instructions to...

Foraker v. Chaffinch

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by former troopers and instructors at a police firing range against the government and officials, judgment as a matter of law for...

Steet Metal Workers' Int'l Ass'n Local Union No. 2 v. McElroy's, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute between a union and defendant-mechanical contractor arising from defendant's refusal to renew a pre-hire agreement upon its expiration,...

Coppola v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In class-action lawsuit for violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed as...

Gentry v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Circuit City Stores, Inc.)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of employees whose statutory rights to overtime pay pursuant to Labor Code sections 500 et seq. and 11941 allegedly have been violated,...

D'Angelo v. School Bd. of Polk County

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where plaintiff high school principal alleges that defendant school board violated the First Amendment when it terminated him in retaliation...