all - Opinion Summaries

Parsons v. Pioneer Seed Hi-Bred Int'l, Inc.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of an age discrimination lawsuit brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and state law against an employer is affirmed...

Janssen v. Minneapolis Auto Dealers Benefit Fund

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in an action alleging an unlawful denial of benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is...

Kolkowski v. Goodrich Corp.

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Partial summary judgment for defendant in an action brought by plaintiff against his former employer alleging breach of contract arising from the...

San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798 v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment ordering a city into binding arbitration of a dispute with a firefighters union is reversed where a rule changing the method by which...

Miller v. King

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendants on plaintiff's Eighth Amendment and ADA claims is vacated in order to allow plaintiff to amend his complaint...

Goodman v. Ray

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Court of appeals vacates: 1) prior opinion in same case; 2) dismissal of plaintiff's Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims, and claims under ADA; 3)...

Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
An order, pursuant to a newspaper's request, unsealing pleadings and documents in an underlying suit by a police detective claiming retaliation by a...

Sterling v. Florida Unemp. Appeals Comm'n

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Affirmed.

Carnes v. Fender

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Debt Collection, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit seeking to collect on an award of damages in an underlying suit involving alleged breach of an employment...

Wert v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston, Inc.

Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of a plan administrator in a denial of benefits action under ERISA on the grounds that claimant failed to exhaust available...