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Wernsing v. Dept. of Human Serv.

Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant-employer's salary setting practices discriminate against women, is dismissed where the practice does not...

Shyman v. Unum Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for diability benefits, defendant-insurer did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in concluding that plaintiff lacked credible medical...

Shikles v. Sprint

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act requires a private sector claimant to cooperate with the EEOC in order to exhaust his or her administrative...

Muirhead v. Mecham

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is entitled to sovereign immunity for his statutory interpretation that resulted...

UPS, Inc. v. Union De Tronquistas

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor dispute, dismissal of plaintiffs' federal claim for back wages is affirmed where the district court correctly left the dispute in the hands...

Lowery v. Fed. Express Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII, the district court abused its discretion when it...

Andrews v. Kowa Printing Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Illinois Wage Act for unpaid vacation time and severance pay after defendant Kowa Printing terminated business,...

County of San Luis Obispo v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an employment discrimination dispute, judgment in favor of plaintiff-employee is reversed where he failed to establish a prima facie case of...

Aurecchione v. Schoolman Transp. Syst.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed where his claim, which alleges that Title VII allows a party...

NLRB v. Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The National Labor Relations Board correctly found that defendant-employer violated sections 8(a)(1) and (5) of the National Labor Relations Act when...