Vargas v. Delivery Outsourcing, LLC (USDC, N.D. Cal.)

Issues: Arbitration of Employee Claims, Employment Law, Federal Arbitration Act

Case No. 15-cv-03408-JST SALVADOR VARGAS, Plaintiff, v. DELIVERY OUTSOURCING, LLC, et al., Defendants. United States District Court, N.D. California. March 14, 2016. Plaintiff, represented by Un Kei Wu, Liberation Law Group, P.C. & Arlo Garcia Uriarte, Liberation Law Group, P.C.. Delivery Outsourcing, LLC, Defendant, represented by Maureen K. Bogue, Pacific Employment Law LLP & Noah […]

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Wooddell v. Electrical Workers, 502 U.S. 93 (1991)

Issues: Employment Law, Labor Management Relations Act, Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

502 U.S. 93 112 S.Ct. 494 116 L.Ed.2d 419 Guy WOODDELL, Jr., Petitioner v. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 71, et al. No. 90-967. Argued Oct. 16, 1991. Decided Dec. 4, 1991. Headnotes Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 — Labor management Relations Act, 1947: A union member who sues his local union […]

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Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB, 502 U.S. 527 (1992)

Issues: Employment Law, National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

502 U.S. 527 112 S.Ct. 841 117 L.Ed.2d 79 LECHMERE, INC., Petitioner v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. No. 90-970. Argued Nov. 12, 1991. Decided Jan. 27, 1992. Headnotes: National Labor Relations Act — Unfair labor practice — barring nonemployee union organizers from employer’s property:?Lechmere did not commit an unfair labor practice by barring nonemployee union […]

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Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Comm’n, 502 U.S. 197 (1991)

Issues: Employment Law, Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA)

502 U.S. 197 112 S.Ct. 560 116 L.Ed.2d 560 Kenneth HILTON, Petitioner v. SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RAILWAYS COMMISSION. No. 90-848. Argued Oct. 8, 1991. Decided Dec. 16, 1991. Headnotes: Causes of action — State-owned railroad: Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) creates a cause of action against a state-owned railroad, enforceable in state court. Syllabus Respondent […]

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Amgen Inc. v. Harris, 577 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Employment Law, ERISA

?United States Supreme Court AMGEN INC., ET AL. v. STEVE HARRIS, ET AL., (2016) No. 15-278 577 U.S. ___ (2016) 136 S.Ct. 758 (2016) 193 L. Ed. 2d 696 Argued: ????Decided: January 25, 2016 PER CURIAM. The Court considers for the second time the Ninth Circuit’s determination that respondent stockholders’ complaint states a claim against […]

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