all - Opinion Summaries

Tocker v. Philip Morris Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA action challenging denial of claim for additional pension credits and claiming a breach of fiduciary duty by employer, summary judgment for...

Tocker v. Philip Morris Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In ERISA action challenging denial of claim for additional pension credits and claiming a breach of fiduciary duty by employer, summary judgment for...

Gooden v. Office of Personnel Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a decision affirmed the denial of postal carrier's application for disability benefits by the Office of Personnel Management is...

Fiber Sys. Int'l Inc. v. Roehrs

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Remedies
In the context of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which criminalizes various fraudulent or damaging activities related to the use of...

Roberts v. Ward

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case arising from plaintiffs' termination from employment for failing to comply with a state Department of Park's dress code, dismissal of claims...

Six Flags, Inc. v. Workers Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Labor Code section 4702(a)(6)(B), which provides that when a worker without dependents suffers fatal injury during the course of employment, the...

Cordi-Allen v. Halloran

Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a breach of contract and fiduciary duty case arising out of the breakdown in the relationship between plaintiffs and their former attorney, summary...

Spencer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an appeal arising from a discrimination action brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against a former employer, orders vacating...

Scarbrough v. Morgan County Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights and state law action brought against a county Board of Education and some of its individual members involving alleged retaliation...

Bank of New York v. Janowick

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an interpleader action involving conflicting claims to stock plaintiff-bank received from Prudential Insurance Company of America's...