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Deveraturda v. Globe Aviation Sec. Servs.

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), which prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff without giving 60 days'...

Nuclear Info. & Res. Serv. v. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
A petition for review of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rulemaking, which revised regulations governing the exemption standards for the...

Nuclear Info. & Res. Serv. v. US Dep't of Transp. Research & Special Programs Admin.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Transportation
Dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of an action challenging agency rulemaking under environmental protection laws is affirmed where...

Colon-Millin v. Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Denial of motion for a new trial in a personal injury case is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to respond to surprise testimony at trial in a...

Tufariello v. Long Island R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, in case alleging hearing loss from train horns, is vacated where the district court erred in concluding that:...

Colon-Millin v. Sears Roebuck de Puerto Rico, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Denial of plaintiff's motion for a new trial in a personal injury action is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff failed to respond to surprise testimony at...

Schmitz v. Canadian Pac. Ry. Co.

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Judgment for defendant in a personal injury case is affirmed where instructing the jury to deliberate on damages regardless of its findings on...

Killian v. Yorozu Auto. Tennessee, Inc.

Education Law, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Transportation
In the context of a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) action, enrolment in school after a diligent job search does not constitute a failure to...

Arizona Elec. Power Coop., Inc. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Transportation
A petition for review the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) dismissal of petitioner's challenge to the joint rate charged by certain railroads to...

Sentry Select Ins. Co. v. Fidelity & Guar.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
The following question is certified to the Supreme Court of California: What is the appropriate test for determining whether an insured is "engaged in...