Cases — April 17th through 23rd

admin - April 28, 2016 - Discrimination, Due Process, Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Government Employees, Procedure, Retaliation, Tenth Circuit, Wages, Wrongful Termination

Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination

*Kontgis v. Salt Lake City Corporation (10th Cir., April 18, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of SLC Corp. on Kontgis’s wrongful termination claim because she had had the due process for which the law provided)

Discrimination and Retaliation

Walton v. Powell (10th Cir., April 19,2016) (affirming district court because firing a civil service employee for failure to show allegiance to a particular political cause is a clearly established First-Amendment violation)

*Johnson v. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (10th Cir., April 20, 2016) (affirming summary judgement in favor of defendant because Johnson failed to establish either discrimination or retaliation)

Wages

Deherrera v. Decker Truck Line, Inc. (10th Cir., April 21, 2016) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Decker because plaintiffs were engaged in interstate commerce and therefore exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. They may be cited, however, for persuasive value under Fed.R.App.P. 32.1 and 10th Cir.R. 32.1.