Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Labor & Employment Law : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | DESERT PALACE, INC. v. COSTA |
| Date: | 06/09/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-679 |
| Summary: | Direct evidence of discrimination is not required for a plaintiff to obtain a mixed-motive jury instruction under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | NEVADA DEP'T OF HUMAN RES. v. HIBBS |
| Date: | 05/27/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1368 |
| Summary: | Employees of the state of Nevada may recover money damages in the event of the state's failure to comply with the family-care provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and such a claim is not barred by the Eleventh Amendment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | ERISA, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | BLACK & DECKER DISABILITY PLAN v. NORD |
| Date: | 05/27/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-469 |
| Summary: | ERISA does not require plan administrators making disability determinations to accord special deference to the opinions of treating physicians, over other evidence relevant to the claimant's medical condition. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | BREUER v. JIM'S CONCRETE OF BREVARD, INC. |
| Date: | 05/19/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-337 |
| Summary: | A Fair Labor Standards Act provision stating that suit "may be maintained. . .in any Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction," 29 U.S.C. section 216(b), does not bar removal of a suit from state to federal court. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | CLACKAMAS GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCS., P.C. v. WELLS |
| Date: | 04/22/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1435 |
| Summary: | In determining whether shareholder-directors of a corporation should be counted as "employees" under the ADA, courts should assess whether the shareholder-directors operate independently and manage the business, or instead are subject to the firm's control. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation |
| Title: | NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. AYERS |
| Date: | 03/10/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-963 |
| Summary: | Mental anguish damages resulting from the fear of developing cancer may be recovered under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, by a railroad worker suffering from actionable injury asbestosis caused by work-related asbestos exposure. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | MEYER v. HOLLEY |
| Date: | 01/22/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1120 |
| Summary: | The Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3604(b), 3605(a), imposes liability without fault upon an employer in accordance with traditional agency principles, i.e., it normally imposes vicarious liability upon a corporation but not upon its officers or owners. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | BARNHART v. PEABODY COAL CO. |
| Date: | 01/15/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-705 |
| Summary: | An initial assignment of an extant operating company or related entity to a coal industry retiree, for funding of benefits under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits Act, made after the date designated for such assignment under 26 U.S.C. section 9706(a) is valid despite its untimeliness. |