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Johnson v. Caudill

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving suit by former narcotics officer against defendant sheriff for wrongful discharge based on gender, denial of summary judgment to...

Czekalski v. Peters

Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for the government, in case alleging appellant's reassignmnet was effectively a demotion reulsting from gender bias in violation of...

Guardsmark, LLC v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for enforcement of finding that two of petitioner's work rules, one requiring that employees register their complaints only through the chain...

Diaz v. Int'l Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, Local 13

Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by longshoremen formerly employed through defendant-union alleging it breached its duty of fair representation in various ways,...

Bearden v. Lemon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a deputy's suit against a county sheriff for reinstatement and damages under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state law, denial of sheriff's motion for...

Smith v. United Television, Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA case, an order awarding plaintiff severance benefits that defendant-plan had previously denied is reversed where the plan did not abuse...

Allen v. Tobacco Superstore, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In an action brought under Title VII and other civil rights statutes alleging plaintiff's employer failed to promote her based on race and in...

Anaya v. Traylor Bros., Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action for exemplary damages against an employer, brought by beneficiaries receiving compensation benefits for an employee who suffered fatal...

Miller v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under the Federal Employers- Liability Act (FELA) for injuries sustained while working for defendant, grant of a motion to strike a...

Jenkins v. Methodist Hosps. of Dallas, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Summary judgment for a hospital and affiliated individuals on a doctor's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 claim for racial discrimination impairing his ability...