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HERNANDEZ v. HUGHES MISSILE SYS. CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A former employer, whose application for re-hire was denied (after an earlier resignation in lieu of discharge for failing a drug test) established a...

NAT'L R.R. PASSENGER CORP. v. MORGAN

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A Title VII plaintiff must file his discriminatory or retaliatory employment claims within the appropriate 180- or 300- day period, but a hostile work...

CHEVRON USA, INC. v. ECHAZABAL

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The Americans with Disabilities Act does not preclude an EEOC regulation which allows an employer's defense that a worker's disability on the job...

GAINES v. STENSENG

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
It is improper to dismiss a prisoner's 43 U.S.C. section 1983 action when there is a complete absence of evidence concerning whether the duration and...

BOWEN v. US

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for back pay and allowances based on alleged wrongful termination from the Alaska Air National Guard, the statute of limitations begins to...

ROSS v. KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In appeals from disposition of employment discrimination claims, 1) verdicts for employee were proper based on evidence of pretext, 2) employer was...

PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY CARE, INC. v. ARKANSAS DEP'T OF HUMAN SERV.

Civil Rights, Government Benefits, Health Law
The Medicaid Act (Act) creates a federal right to early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services which is enforceable in a 42 U.S.C....

QUINN v. SHIREY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In order for plaintiff to show that he has been deprived of a liberty interest in his reputation without due process in the form of a name-clearing...

GRAYSON V. MAYVIEW STATE HOSPITAL

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Section 804(a)(5) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C.S 1915(e)(2), warrants that inadequately drafted in forma pauperis complaints may be...

WILSON v. CITY OF DES MOINES

Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
A genuine issue of material fact existed as to the reasonableness of police officers' actions involved in the shooting of plaintiff's decedent,...