Cases — March 26th through April 1st

Discrimination/Retaliation *Bejar v. Department of Veterans Affairs (10th Circuit, March 28, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the Department of Veterans Affairs because Bejar could not show evidence of discrimination) *McCoy v. State of Wyoming (10th Circuit, March 28, 2017) (affirming dismissal of McCoy’s complaint, among other things, because it lacked any plausible discrimination […]

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Cases — April 2nd through 8th

Discrimination/RetaliationMcLane Co., Inc., v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, April 3, 2017) (reversing 9th Circuit de novo review and reversal of district court refusal to enforce EEOC subpoenas: such a decision must be reviewed for abuse of discretion, not de novo)*Clincy v. Transunion, LLC (10th Cir., April 4, 2017) (affirming summary judgement in […]

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Cases — March 12th through 18th

Labor Unions*Society of Prof’l Eng’g Employees in Aerospace v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. (10th Cir., 15 March 2017) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Spirit Aerosystems:  an individual employee’s grievance (challenging company-wide policy) was in fact subject to arbitration under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Williams v. Berryhill (10th Cir., March 17, 2017) (reversing Commissioner denial […]

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Cases — March 5th through 11th

Discrimination/Retaliation*Henson v. Amerigas Propane, Inc. (10th Cir., March 10, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Amerigas:  Henson failed to show Amerigas’s stated reasons for firing him were pretexts for unlawfuldiscrimination and retaliation)ERISA and Employee Pension PlansSEC v. DeYoung (10th Cir., March 9, 2017) (affirming district court approval of a settlement including a bar to […]

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Cases — February 26th through March 4th

Discrimination/RetaliationEEOC v. Tricore Reference Laboratories (10th Cir., February 27, 2017) (affirming federal district court refusal to enforce a subpoena seeking disclosure of information as to individual’s charge of disability and pregnancy discrimination)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and DiseaseVallejo v. Berryhill (10th Cir., February 28, 2017) (remanding disability decision to the district court to address remaining arguments and […]

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Cases — February 19th through 25th

Discrimination/RetaliationWilliams v. FEDEX Corporate Services (10th Cir., February 24, 2017) (affirming summary judgment for FEDEX on Williams’s regarded-as-disabled claim, but reversing and remanding his disability-related inquiry claim for district court decision) ERISA and Employee Pension PlansKeller Tank Services II, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (10th Cir., February 21, 2017) (affirming summary judgment against Keller […]

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February 12th through 18th

Discrimination/Retaliation *Chaney v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (10th Cir., February 14, 2017) (affirming dismissal with prejudice for failure to file amended complaint because there was no abuse of discretion, and claims of potential bias were entirely speculative) *Huggins v. Reilly (10th Cir., February 15, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on inmate Huggins’ s.1983 discrimination and retaliation employment […]

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Cases — February 5th through 11th

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination Washington v. Unified Government of Wyandotte County (10th Cir., February 6, 2017) (affirming summary judgement in favor of the County because the County’s random drug test violated neither the Fourth Amendment nor any other constitutional or statutory right) Public Employees/Employers Welty v. Retirement Board (Utah Ct. App., February 9, 2017) (declining to […]

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Cases—January 29th through February 4th

Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Covington v. Colvin (10th Cir., February 2, 2017) (affirming denial of disability insurance and supplemental security benefits: Covington failed to show she was disabled)*Rael v. Berryhill (10th Cir., February 3, 2017) (affirming denial of disability because substantial evidence supported theALJ’s decision, and there was no legal error)Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination*Branham v. Delta […]

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