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Federal Courts Positions Filled by Temporary Workers Not "Vacant" Within Meaning of the ADA

Positions Filled by Temporary Workers Not "Vacant" Within Meaning of the ADA

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Duvall v. Georgia-Pac. Consumer Prods., L.P., No. 08-7096, concerned an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for failure to grant plaintiff a...

Federal Courts Constitutional Challenge to Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct Prohibiting Publicly Endorsing Candidate, and Civil Rights Matter

Constitutional Challenge to Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct Prohibiting Publicly Endorsing Candidate, and Civil Rights Matter

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Yost v. Stout, No. 09-3099, involved a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenge to the "endorsement clause" of the Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct that generally...

Federal Courts Denial of Capital Habeas Petition, and Indian Law Matter

Denial of Capital Habeas Petition, and Indian Law Matter

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In Welch v. Workman, No.

Federal Courts Action Claiming that BATF Agent Used Excessive Force, and Criminal Matter

Action Claiming that BATF Agent Used Excessive Force, and Criminal Matter

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Thomas v. Durastanti, 07-3343, involved an action claiming that a BATF agent violated plaintiff's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable seizures...

Federal Courts Sexual Assault Conviction and Sentence Affirmed

Sexual Assault Conviction and Sentence Affirmed

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In US v. Smith, No.

Federal Courts Action for Employment Discrimination Based on Obesity and Diabetes

Action for Employment Discrimination Based on Obesity and Diabetes

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Wilkerson v. Shinseki, No. 09-8027, involved an action claiming that plaintiff's reassignment discriminated against him based on his obesity and diabetes, and...

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