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Gruver v. Lesman Fisheries Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of the seaman's action for assault and unpaid wages for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed as a fight aboard a ship between the...

Griffin v. Sisters of St. Francis, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that plaintiffs were terminated from their positions because of one plaintiff's pregnancy, summary judgment for employer is...

Lane v. City of LaFollette

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a city's former recreational director against defendants, mayor and officials, arising from plaintiff's...

Thomas v. Guardsmark, LLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for retaliatory discharge by an employee who was fired for speaking to the media, award of back pay and damages to plaintiff and denial of...

Harzewski v. Guidant Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an ERISA suit by participants and beneficiaries in an employee pension plan alleging that the plan's fiduciaries acted imprudently in failing to...

Poolman v. City of Grafton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by police officer who was terminated for misconduct, setting forth due process and state law claims,...

Smith v. School Bd. of Orange County

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging race and age discrimination, retaliation, and deprivation of procedural due process, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed over...

Kodl v. Bd. of Educ. Sch. Dist. 45

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging discrimination and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff could not show that the...

Boumehdi v. Plastag Holdings, LLC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Pay Act, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed where:...

Am. Ass'n of Retired Persons v. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by the AARP challenging an EEOC regulation that would exempt from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) employer...