all - Opinion Summaries

Keri v. Bd. of Trs. of Purdue Univ.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit alleging race and national-origin discrimination on the part of a university is affirmed where plaintiff did...

Craig v. Pillsbury Non-qualified Pension Plan

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
De novo review applies to top hat plans under ERISA because a top hat administrator has no fiduciary duties under ERISA. A district court's...

Bhd. of Maint. of Way Employees Div./IBT v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Transportation
In an action by a union claiming a railroad company violated the Railway Labor Act (RLA), a conditional grant of an anti-strike injunction in favor of...

Smith v. Dep't of the Army

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In a disability discrimination case, a decision by the Merit System Protection Board upholding a finding that the Department of the Army had complied...

MacDonald v. Grace Church Seattle

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Dismissal of Title VII claims against defendant nonprofit religious organizations for sexual harassment and retaliation is affirmed where dismissal...

Choate v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision denying disability insurance and supplemental security income benefits pursuant to a finding that claimant was not disabled because he had...

Abdel v. US Bancorp

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment dismissing an action to recover long-term disability (LTD) benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is...

Dick v. Conseco, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in an action over the effects of bankruptcy on employee benefits for a senior officer is affirmed where the employment...

Yindee v. CCH Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in a suit under the ADA alleging failure to accommodate and retaliation is affirmed where plaintiff's request for...

Green v. APAC-Florida, Inc.

Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a personal injury suit, summary judgment for defendant pursuant to a conclusion that it was plaintiff's statutory employer and, thus, immune from...