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Commodity Carriers, Inc. v. Fed. Motor Carrier Safety Admin.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Petition for review of an order of agency respondent assigning petitioner, a motor carrier, a "conditional" safety rating is denied where notice and...

Chao v. Day

Administrative Law, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff, Secretary of Labor, in an action under ERISA alleging that defendant, president of an insurer, violated his fiduciary...

Pizarro v. Lamb's Players Theatre

Civil Rights, Entertainment Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal pursuant to a demurrer to a complaint alleging violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act for age discrimination is affirmed where...

Bell v. Farmers Ins. Exch.

Class Actions, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Postjudgment order denying defendant's motion to modify the calculation of prejudgment interest in a judgment is affirmed in a class action by former...

Nat. Solid Wastes Mgmt. Ass'n v. Daviess County

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff, a trade association, declaring that county defendant's proposed ordinance involving waste disposal is unconstitutional...

Reeb v. Ohio Dep't of Rehab. & Corr.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Title VII cases in which plaintiffs seek individual compensatory damages are not appropriately brought as class actions under Rule 23(b)(2) because...

Am. Ass'n of Orthodontists v. Yellow Book USA, Inc.

False Advertising, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Dismissal of a complaint is affirmed where plaintiff, a trade organization, lacked standing for its claims, and also failed to state a Lanham Act...

Nat. Treasury Employees Union v. Fed. Labor Relations Auth.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition by a union for review of agency defendant's decision that a proposal regarding geographically based pay for employees was outside the...

Kelly v. Stamps.com, Inc.

Civil Rights, Cyberspace Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a wrongful termination case is reversed in part as to claims for discriminatory discharge on the basis of pregnancy...

Witte v. Wisconsin Dep't of Corr.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for agency defendant-employer on plaintiff's suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against his employer claiming constructive discharge,...