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Gilliam v. South Carolina Dept' of Juvenile Justice

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in Title VII hostile work environment suit is affirmed as plaintiff is unable to make a prima facie showing of a...

Stanley v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit challenging the Attorney General's removal of plaintiff from her position as a United States Trustee as a violation of the separation of...

Ochoa v. Fordel, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of motion by defendants to disqualify law firm representing plaintiffs, based on firm's hiring of attorney who previously worked at the law...

Spielbauer v. Santa Clara County

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where plaintiff was dismissed by his employer, defendant county, for engaging in conduct unbecoming a county employee by making deceptive...

Robert Lewis Rosen Assocs. v. Webb

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Sports Law
Order awarding plaintiff a supplemental judgment for additional payments originally awarded during underlying arbitration proceedings and previously...

Morris v. Schroder Capital Mgmt. Int'l

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of complaint for failure to state a claim for involuntary termination under the New York common law employee choice doctrine is affirmed as...

Somers v. Demco

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Law section 15(8)(f), as interpreted by the Court of Appeals, provides that the statutory 104-week time limitation for filing a...

Delay v. Gordon

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
An order denying beneficiaries of plaintiff's estate modification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) of a 1985 judgment on a breach of...

Humphries v. CBOCS West, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 is reversed where plaintiff made a sufficient showing under the indirect method...

Elliott v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA action stemming from a plan administrator's denial of a claim for long-term disability benefits, a judgment in favor of the administrator...