US Supreme Court: Preview of Employment Law Cases

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US Supreme Court: Preview of Employment Law Cases
September 30, 2005 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo

Employment Law cases I'm watching as the United States Supreme Court begins its 2005-2006 Term of Court:

IBP, Inc v. Alvarez; Tum v. Barber Foods
Issue: Is time spent walking to the worksite after donning protective clothing compensable under the FLSA and Portal-to-Portal Act?
Decisions below: Alvarez v. IBP, Inc. (9th Cir 08/05/2003); Tum v. Barber Foods (1st Cir 03/10/2004)
Summary and briefs
Argument date: October 3, 2005

Garcetti v. Ceballos
Issue: Does the 1st amendment protect a deputy district attorney who wrote a memo to his supervisor alleging that a deputy sheriff lied on a search warrant application?
Decision below: Ceballos v. Garcetti (9th Cir 03/22/2004)
Summary and briefs
Argument date: October 12, 2005

Whitman v. Department of Transportation
Issue: Does Civil Service Reform Act confer federal court jurisdiction?
Decision below: Whitman v. Department of Transportation (9th Cir 08/30/2004)
Summary and briefs
Argument date: December 5, 2005

Rumsfeld v. Forum For Academic and Institutional Rights
Issue: Does the 1st amendment protect schools from losing federal funds when they refuse to allow military recruiters? (The Solomon Amendment case)
Decision below: Forum For Academic and Institutional Rights v. Rumsfeld (3rd Cir 11/29/2004)
Summary and briefs
Argument date: December 6, 2005

Domino's Pizza v. McDonald
Issue: Does individual who was not a contracting party have standing to sue under 42 USC 1981?
Decision below: McDonald v. Domino's Pizza (9th Cir 06/18/2004) (unpublished)
Summary and briefs
Argument date: December 6, 2005

Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp
Issue: Is Title VII's 15-employee threshold jurisdictional?
Decision below: Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp (5th Cir 08/02/2004)
Summary and briefs
Argument date: Postponed until January 2006