Cases — June 9th through 15th, 2019

Discrimination ~ Retaliation

*Smith v. U.S. Department of Labor (10th Cir., June 12, 2019) (dismissing, as untimely, Smith’s petition for judicial review of his unsuccessful complaint under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act)

Wages

Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd., v. Newton (U.S., June 10, 2019) (holding that, where federal law addresses a relevant issue—in this case, whether California’s minimum-wage and overtime laws required Parker to compensate him for his standby time—state law is not adopted as surrogate federal law on the Outer Continental Shelf)

* Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.