Discrimination ~ Retaliation
*Cummings v. American Postal Worker’s Union (10th Cir., June 17, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Union on Cummings’ claims for race and age discrimination: She failed to establish that the USPS had violated the collective bargaining agreement or that it’s reasons for her termination were pretextual)
*Pegler v. Doug Smith Autoplex (10th Cir., June 16, 2022) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Smith Autoplex on Pegler’s religious discrimination claim: Pegler failed to establish either a prima facie case of religious discrimination or pretext)
Workers Compensation ~ Occupational Safety and Disease
*Valdez v. Grisham (10th Cir., June 14, 2022) (affirming denial of preliminary injunction on Plaintiff’s due-process and equal-protection claims: the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the emergency order requiring COVID vaccination did not implication fundamental rights and was rationally related to a legitimate government purpose)
Viking River Cruises, Inc., v. Moriana (U.S., June 15, 2022) (reversing denial of Viking’s motion to compel arbitration: the Federal Arbitration Act preempts preclusion of California law allowing division of actions into individual and nonindividual claims through arbitration agreements)
*Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.
