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Pirtle v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for Social Security disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits is affirmed over claims that the ALJ erred...

Romero v. Drummond Co. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case involving allegations that defendant Colombian subsidiary hired paramilitaries to kill and torture union members at a Colombian coal mine,...

Yi v. Sterling Collision Ctrs., Inc.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where a system of compensation...

Dixon v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action against the Attorney General and the Director of the FBI alleging that plaintiff was denied reinstatement as an FBI Special Agent as a...

Patton v. MFS/Sun Life Fin. Distribs., Inc.

ERISA, Evidence, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit involving the termination of long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant-insurer and denial of plaintiff's motion...

Green v. Holland

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA action seeking to recover accrued interest on disability benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's attempt...

Sierra Club v. EPA

Environmental Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving emission standards for major sources of hazardous air pollutants listed in the Clean Air Act, respondent's emission standards for...

In The Matter of: Plunk

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In the context of determining whether a bankruptcy debtor's pension plan is exempt from being property of the estate, when disqualifying events occur...

Toyama v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination case arising from petitioner's removal from her position as a Public Health Advisor for failing to accept a directed reassignment...

Campbell v. Gambro Healthcare, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) actions, when an employer cites only factors predating the employee's return to work to...