Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Labor & Employment Law : From 10/01/06 To 07/01/07
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Davenport v. Washington Educ. Ass'n |
| Date: | 06/14/07 |
| Case Number: | 05-1589 |
| Summary: | A state does not violate the First Amendment by requiring its public-sector unions to receive affirmative authorization from a non-member before spending that non-member's agency fees for election-related purposes. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A |
| Title: | Beck v. PACE Int'l Union |
| Date: | 06/11/07 |
| Case Number: | 05-1448 |
| Summary: | Merger is not a permissible method of terminating a single-employer defined-benefit pension plan under ERISA. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke |
| Date: | 06/11/07 |
| Case Number: | 06-593 |
| Summary: | In the context of the Fair Labor Standards Act's statutory exemption of certain "companionship" workers from the statute's minimum wage and maximum hours rules, a Department of Labor regulation that interprets such exemption to include "companionship" workers "employed by an ... agency other than the family or household using their services" is valid and binding. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. |
| Date: | 05/29/07 |
| Case Number: | 05-1074 |
| Summary: | In a suit raising a pay discrimination claim under Title VII, a court of appeals' decision reversing a judgment and award in plaintiff's favor is affirmed where plaintiff's claim was untimely because a pay-setting decision is a discrete act that occurs at a particular point in time, and the later effects of past discrimination do not restart the clock for filing an EEOC charge. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Office of Sen. Mark Dayton v. Hanson |
| Date: | 05/21/07 |
| Case Number: | 06-618 |
| Summary: | In a suit arising from plaintiff's discharge from employment with former Senator Dayton brought against the Senator's office, invoking the district court's jurisdiction under the Congressional Accountability Act, defendant-office's appeal from a denial of its motion to dismiss based on a claim of immunity is dismissed as the Court lacked jurisdiction under section 412 of the Act, and certiorari is also denied. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Rockwell Int'l Corp. v. US |
| Date: | 03/27/07 |
| Case Number: | 05-1272 |
| Summary: | In a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act brought by relator-former engineer against Rockwell arising from its operation of a nuclear weapons plant and improper toxic pond sludge disposal, a circuit court ruling in favor of the relator is reversed where the district court lacked jurisdiction to enter judgment in his favor as: 1) the False Claim Act's "original source" requirement is jurisdictional; and 2) the engineer did not meet the requirement that a relator have "direct and independent knowledge of the information on which the allegations are based" for purposes of being an original source. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Osborn v. Haley |
| Date: | 01/22/07 |
| Case Number: | 05–593 |
| Summary: | In the context of the Westfall Act, which accords federal employees absolute immunity from tort claims arising out of acts undertaken in the course of their official duties, the Attorney General's scope-of-employment certification is conclusive for purposes of removal. Once certification and removal are effected, exclusive competence to adjudicate the case resides in the federal court, and that court may not remand the suit to the state court. Also, Westfall Act certification is proper when a federal officer charged with misconduct asserts, and the Attorney General concludes, that the incident or episode in suit never occurred. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Government Law, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law |
| Title: | Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell |
| Date: | 01/10/07 |
| Case Number: | 05–746 |
| Summary: | In cases under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), railroad negligence and employee contributory negligence are governed by the same causation standard. |