all - Opinion Summaries

Sullivan v. Am. Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Railway Labor Act does not completely preempt plaintiff's state-law defamation claims and, therefore, it does not provide federal courts with...

Kolender v. San Diego County

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-Commission abused its discretion when it reduced a Sheriff's penalty, imposed on a deputy, for lying to cover up a fellow deputy's physical...

Marquez v. Mineta

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The district court abused its discretion when it extended plaintiff's time to appeal the dismissal of his Age Discrimination Claim since there was no...

Fuller v. J.P. Morgan Chase

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, alleging that the termination of her long-term disability benefits violated the Americans with Disabilities Act,...

Evancho v. Fisher

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed where she failed to adequately plead under the liberal notice...

Cler v. Illinois Educ. Ass'n

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred when it dismissed plaintiff's claim, alleging that her union wrongfully denied her request for an attorney to pursue an...

Stanley v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff may not appeal his removal from the position of bankruptcy Trustee where the Merit Systems Protection Board did not err in holding that...

Touvell v. Ohio Dep't of Mental Retardation

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the district court correctly determined that the FMLA's purported...

Beecham v. Henderson County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-County had a rational basis for terminating plaintiff's at-will employment where her romantic relationship with a man married to a woman...

Cahalan v. Rohan

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a personal injury action, plaintiff was engaged in the direct performance of his employment duties when the accident occurred and, therefore, his...