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Status |
Case Name
Link to summary and briefs |
Issue |
Decided
December 8, 2009 |
Union Pacific
Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen General
Committee of Adjustment, Central Region
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Held:
Pre-arbitration conference is not a jurisdictional prerequisite to National
Railway Adjustment Board arbitration
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Oral argument
December 9, 2009
[Transcript]
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Stolt-Nielsen S.A.,
et al. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp.
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Whether imposing class arbitration on parties whose arbitration
clauses are silent on that issue is consistent with the Federal Arbitration Act,
9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. [Not
an employment law case.]
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Oral argument
November 30, 2009
[Transcript]
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Graham
County Soil & Water v US ex rel. Wilson
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Whether False Claims Act suit is barred by disclosures in state government
report
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Oral argument
January 20, 2010
[Transcript]
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Conkright v. Frommert
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ERISA: Deferral to plan
administrator; scope of appellate review
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Oral argument
January 19, 2010
[Transcript]
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Granite Rock Company v. International
Brotherhood of Teamsters
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LMRA Section 301 suit: tortious
interference and duty to arbitrate
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Oral argument
February 22, 2010
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Lewis v. City of Chicago
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In disparate impact case, is Title VII statute of limitations measured from announcement, or use, of
unlawful practice?
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Oral argument
March 3, 2010.
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Health Care Service Corporation v.
Pollitt, et al.
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Whether Federal Employees Health Benefits Act preempts state law claims
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Oral argument
March 23, 2010.
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New Process Steel v. National
Labor Relations Board
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Is the NLRB authorized to act when only two of its five
positions are filled?
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Oral argument
to be scheduled.
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City of Ontario v. Quon
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Is there a reasonable expectation of privacy in text messages transmitted on police SWAT pager?
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Oral argument
to be scheduled.
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Rent-A-Center West v.
Jackson
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Is it for the court, or an arbitrator, to decide whether
agreement to arbitrate is unconscionable?
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Oral argument
to be scheduled.
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Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life
Insurance Company
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Is only the "prevailing party" entitled to
attorney fees under ERISA?
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Certiorari is still pending
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Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP
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Does Title VII create a cause of action for third-party retaliation for persons who did not themselves engage in protect activity?
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Certiorari is still pending
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Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Candelaria
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Preemption of Arizona statute that imposes sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized aliens
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Decided
January 21, 2009
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Locke v. Karass
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Held: Supreme Court allows local union to
charge non-members for national litigation expenses
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Decided
March 9, 2009
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Vaden v. Discover Bank
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Held:
Arbitration: Federal court may “look through” a §4 petition to
determine whether it is predicated on a controversy that “arises under”
federal law; however, a federal court may not entertain a §4 petition based on
the contents of a counterclaim when the whole controversy between the parties
does not qualify for federal-court adjudication. [Not
an employment law case.]
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Decided
January 26, 2009
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Crawford v. Metropolitan Government
of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
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Held: Answering
questions during employer's internal investigation is protected against
retaliation
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Decided
January 26, 2009
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Kennedy v.
Plan Administrator for Dupont Savings and Investment Plan
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Held:
ERISA plan administrator must pay according to plan documents
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Decided
February 24, 2009
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Ysursa, Idaho Secretary of
State v. Pocatello Education Association
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Held: State ban on political payroll deductions, as
applied to local governmental units, does not infringe unions' 1st amendment
rights.
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Decided
April 1, 2009 |
14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
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Held: A provision in a
collective-bargaining agreement that clearly and unmistakably requires union
members to arbitrate ADEA claims is enforceable as a matter of federal law.
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Decided
May 15, 2009
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AT&T Corporation v. Hulteen
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Held: Seniority system insulates retirement
calculations based on pre-PDA rules that differentiated on the basis of
pregnancy (7-2)
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Decided
June 18, 2009 |
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. |
Held:
Burden-shifting "mixed motives" instruction is never proper
in an ADEA case
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Decided
June 29, 2009 |
Ricci v. DeStefano |
Held: City violated Title VII by discarding
racially disproportionate test results (5-4)
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