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Fields v. Office of Eddie Johnson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denials of motions to dismiss complaints against different Congress member offices alleging discrimination based on race and gender, and retaliation...

Mendoza v. Brodeur

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment for defendant, on ground that plaintiff was not an employee under workers' compensation law and had not come forward with evidence...

Antonio v. Sygma Network, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in plaintiff's employment retaliation and discrimination case is affirmed where the district court properly...

Local 827, Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Verizon New Jersey, Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a union in a suit seeking to compel arbitration of three grievances relating to overtime is reversed where the arbitration clause...

McCann v. George W. Newman Irrevocable Trust

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of asserting or contesting diversity of citizenship for jurisdiction, the burden of proof on a party trying to establish a change of...

Combs v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A change in a rule governing the adjudication of social security disability benefits claims that is applied as of its effective date to all pending...

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Mickey's Linen & Towel Supply, Inc.

Administrative Law, Judgement Enforcement, Labor & Employment Law
Application for enforcement of a Board order is granted where the Board did not abuse its discretion in adopting a hearing officer's recommendations...

Abatie v. Alta Health & Life Ins. Co.

Evidence, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, ERISA
In ERISA cases in which a conflict of interest exists for the plan administrator, abuse of discretion review, tempered by skepticism commensurate with...

M. Cutter Co., Inc. v. Carroll

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An employer's petition for review of a decision holding it liable for 24-hour attendant care for claimant under the Longshore and Harbor Workers-...

Bass v. County of Butte

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The 1992 and 1996 amendments to California's Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh Act) and the Disabled Persons Act (DPA) incorporate into the Unruh Act and...