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US v. Mays

Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
A federal district court may garnish the wages of a criminal defendant who fails to pay a judgment of restitution imposed by the court.

Zurich N. Am. v. Matrix Serv. Inc.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an insurance dispute, summary judgment against plaintiff-insurance company, holding it liable for the payment of medical expenses incurred by...

Madera v. Marsh

Administrative Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, dismissal of plaintiff's ERISA claim is affirmed where he failed to exhaust the administrative remedies available to him...

Gordon v. ExxonMobile Corp.

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff's application for Social Security Disability...

Kauffman v. Fed. Express Corp.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, defendant is entitled to leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act where the district court misread a medical...

Bennett v. Chertoff

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
An adverse employment action based on the denial or revocation of security clearance is not actionable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Farmers Brothers Coffee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Immigration Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Labor Code section 1171.5, which provides that immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability under state labor and employment laws, is...

Stachowski v. Town of Cicero

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of policeman-plaintiff's lawsuit, claiming that defendant-Town deprived him of property when it did not give him pay while he was suspended,...

Cardoso v. Robert Bosch Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging wage discrimination on the basis of his national origin in violation of Title VII, is affirmed where...

Georgia Power Co. v. Int'l Brotherhood of Elec. Workers

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The National Labor Relations Board correctly found that plaintiff violated the National Labor Relations Act by failing to bargain with defendant over...