all - Opinion Summaries

San Manuel Indian & Casino v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Gaming Law, Indian Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where Indian casino, located on petitioner's reservation, employs many non-Indians and caters primarily to non-Indians, respondent board may...

Grochal v. Ocean Tech. Servs.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving bankrupt ship repair and reconditioning company, an award of interpleaded funds to unpaid subcontractors rather than to the...

Gomez-Perez v. Potter

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a retaliation suit brought under Section 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, summary judgment for defendant US Postal Service is...

Haines City HMA, Inc. v. Carter

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a lawsuit brought by a labor and delivery nurse against her employer under the anti-retaliation provision of the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA), a...

Baptist Health v. Smith

Contracts, Debt Collection, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a doctor on his third party complaint for indemnity against another doctor for the repayment of a loan debt is reversed in part...

Walton v. US Marshals Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against the U.S. Marshals Service under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging plaintiff was unlawfully discharged due to her hearing...

Black v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a matter arising from a railroad's abolition of petitioners-carmen's positions at a railyard in Ohio, a petition for review of a decision denying...

Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
The class-of-one theory of equal protection is not applicable to decisions made by public employers. Also, there is substantive due process protection...

Hemsworth v. Quotesmith.com, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in a suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act is affirmed where plaintiff could not make out a prima facie...

Colvin v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an application for disability insurance benefits (DIB) and supplemental security income (SSI) is affirmed where substantial evidence...