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  • May 18, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    11th Circuit sides with teacher fired for being pregnant

    A Florida teacher fired by a small Christian school after she acknowledged conceiving a child out of wedlock can take her pregnancy discrimination lawsuit to a jury, a federal appeals panel

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  • Leach v. Texas Tech University

    Publication Date: 2011-01-23
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-20
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 7
    Judge: Brian Quinn Chief Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 07-10-0247-CV

    OpinionBefore QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.All political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit. T

  • People v. Navarro

    Publication Date: 2013-01-23
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    Date Filed: 2013-01-22
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and David E. Madeo, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Law Offices of Helen Simkins Irza, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B235448

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 856THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,v.DAVID NAVARRO, Defendant and Appellant.

  • May 17, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Court revives teacher's pregnancy bias claim

    A federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday that a Florida teacher fired by a small Christian school after she acknowledged conceiving a child out of wedlock can take her pregnancy discrimination

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  • Muhammad v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., 12-4773-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-10-17
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Leval, Wesley, and Hall, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Christina S. Agola, Christina A. Agola, PLLC, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellee: Michael S. Hanan, Gordon & Rees LLP, Florham Park, NJ.
    Case Number: 12-4773-cv

    Cite as: Muhammad v. Walmart Stores East, L.P., 12-4773-cv, NYLJ 1202623617653, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided October 9, 2013) 12-4773-cv Before: Leval,

  • Zelinka v. Americare Healthscan, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-26
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    Date Filed: 2000-01-26
    Court: The District Court Of Appeal Of The State Of Florida Fourth Dist
    Judge: STEVENSON, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Lee and Jan Douglas Atlas
    for defendant: Miyoshi D. Smith and Patricia Klein
    Case Number: NO. 99-3030

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. STEVENSON, J. The issue in this case is whether a plaintiff in a libel action which is based on th

  • September 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Panel Deems Specific Chuppah a 'Structure' Under Labor Law

    A Brooklyn appellate court has deemed a 10-foot-tall Jewish wedding canopy, or chuppah, a "structure" under the state Labor Law. In a personal injury case where Samuel McCoy fe

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  • November 1, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    Face the Music

    You could call Michael Huppe the Zelig of the music industry. The energetic lawyer shows up at concerts, festivals, and panel discussions everywhere. He's at the South by Southwest fe

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  • February 16, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    How Scrushy lost round two

    IT IS A WARM FALL MORNING in Birmingham, and Donald Watkins is in town for a meeting. The hotel-like condition of his office in the back of a bank he founded suggests that this is a rare occu

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  • John D. Handron, Ph. D v. Secretary Department of Health

    Publication Date: 2012-04-23
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-20
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Rendell, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 10-1021

    PRECEDENTIALArgued January 11, 2012Before: SCIRICA, RENDELL and SMITH, Circuit JudgesOPINION OF THE COURTDr. John Handron, a psychologist, appeals from the denial of his request for