Employment Law
Weekly Assignment

 

08/28/03         Text, pp. 37-61 (42 U.S.C. '' 2000e to 2000e-17) (Title VII); Text, pp. 1-18 (29 U.S.C. '' 621-633) (Age Discrimination in Employment Act); Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa, ____ U.S. ____, 123 S. Ct. 2148, 156 L. Ed. 2d 84 (2003); Garcia v. Pueblo Country Club, 299 F.3d 1233 (10th Cir. 2002); Dugan v. Albemarle County School Board, 293 F.3d 716 (4th Cir. 2002).  You are expected to read only the majority opinions in these cases.

09/04/03     Text, pp. Text, pp. 19-33 (Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)), 42 U.S.C. '' 12101-12217); Text, pp. 286-303 (Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. '' 2611-2654); Toyota Motor Mfg. v. Williams, 534 U.S. 184, 122 S. Ct. 681, 151 L. Ed.2d 615 (2002); Rakity v. Dillon Companies, 302 F.3d 1152 (10th Cir. 2002) Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates v. Wells, ____ U.S. ____, 123 S. Ct. 1673, 155 L. Ed. 2d 615 (2003); Smith v. Allen Health Systems, 302 F.3d 827 (8th Cir. 2002); Smith v. Diffee Ford-Lincoln- Mercury, Inc., 298 F.3d 955 (10th Cir. 2002)

09/11/03 Gibson v. City of Louisville, 336 F.3d 511 (6th Cir. 2003); Darby v. Bratch, 287 F.3d 673 (8th Cir. 2003); McBride v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., 281 F.3d 1099 (10th Cir. 2002); Spangler v. Federal Home Loan Bank, 278 F.3d 847 (8th Cir. 2002); Cooper v. Olin Corp., 246 F.3d 1083 (8th Cir. 2001)

09/12/03 same as above

09/18/03 Text pp. 529-530 (42 U.S.C. § 1981; 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 42 U.S.C. § 1981A); Text, pp. 97-100 (42 U.S.C. § 1981a); Text, p. 115 (42 U.S.C. § 1988); Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 535 U.S.81, 122 S. Ct. 1155, 152 L. Ed. 2d 167 (2002); Hulenv. Yates, 322 F.3d 1229 (10th Cir. 2003); Bass v. Richards, 308 F.3d 1081 (10th Cir. 2002)

09/19/03 same as above

09/25/03 Fed. R. Civ. P. 56; LCvR56.1-Western District of Oklahoma; Arndt v. Koby, 309 F.3d 1247 (10th Cir. 2002); Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532, 105 S. Ct. 1487, 84 L. Ed. 2d 494 (1985); Stidham v. Peace Officers Standards and Training, 265 F.3d 1144, 1149 (10th Cir. 2001); Nevada Dept. Of Human Resources v. Hibbs, ____ U.S. ____, 123 S. Ct. 1972, 155 L. Ed. 2d 953 (2003)

10/02/03 Holly Waldron Cole, Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101, 122 S. Ct. 2061, 153 L. Ed. 2d 2061 (2002)

10/03/03 Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d); 28 U.S.C. § 1920; 28 U.S.C. § 1821; LCvR54.1 and 54.2-Western District of Oklahoma; Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (Text, p. 249); Hunt v. Rapies Healthcare System, 277 F.3d 757 (5th Cir. 2001); Ferroni v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Warehousemen Local No. 222, 297 F.3d 1146 (10th Cir. 2002); Siler-Khodr v. University of Texas Health Science, 261 F.3d 542 (5th Cir. 2001); Wilson v. Muckala, 303 F.3d 1207 (10th Cir. 2002); Butcher v. City of McAlester, 956 F.2d 973 (10th Cir. 1992); Robinson v. City of Edmond, 160 F.3d 1275 (10th Cir. 1998)

10/09/03 same as above

10/10/03 same as above

 

10/16/03 Text, pp. 239-285, Fair Labor Standards Act; 29 C.F.R. §§ 541.0 to 541.3; Lott v. Howard Wilson Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 203 F.3d 326 (5th Cir. 2000); Bejil v. Ethicon, Inc., 269 F.3d 477 (5th Cir. 2001); Pabst v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 228 F.3d 1128 (10th Cir. 2000); Franklin v. City of Kettering, 246 F.3d 531 (6th Cir. 2001); Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U.S. 576, 120 S. Ct. 1655, 146 L. Ed. 2d 621 (2000)

10/17/03 same as above

10/23/03 Brockman v. Wyoming Department of Family Services, 342 F.3d 1159 (10th Cir. 2003); (6th Cir. 2001); Barker v. State Insurance Fund, 40 P.3d 463 (Okla. 2001); Clinton v. State ex rel. Logan County Election Board, 2001 OK 52, 29 P.3d 543; Crain v. National American Insurance Co., 52 P.3d 1035 (Okla. Ct. App. 2002); Wilburn v. Mid-South Health Development, 343 F.3d 1274 (10th Cir. 2003)

10/24/03 same as above

10/30/03 Wheless v. Willard Grain & Feed, Inc., 964 P.2d 204 (Okla. 1998); Todd v. Frank’s Tong Service, Inc., 784 P.2d 47 (Okla. 1989); Groce v. Foster, 880 P.2d 902 (Okla. 1994); Hayes v. Eateries, Inc., 905 P.2d 778 (Okla. 1995)

10/31/03 same as above

11/06/03 Oklahoma Governmental Tort Claims Act, Okla. Stat. tit. 57, §§ 151-172; Russell v. Board of County Commissioners, 1997 OK 80, 952 P.2d 492; Brown v. Ford, 1995 OK 101, 905 P.2d 223; Richmond v. ONEOK, 120 F.3d 205, 210 (10th Cir. 1997); Starr v. Pearle Vision, Inc., 54 F.3d 1548 (10th Cir. 1994)

11/07/03 same as above

11/13/03 Zachary v. State ex rel. Department of Corrections, 34 P.3d 1171 (Okla. Ct. App. 2001); Dill v. City of Edmond, 155 F.3d 1193, 1207-08 (10th Cir. 1998); Black v. Baker Oil Tools, Inc., 107 F.3d 1457 (10th Cir. 1997); Barnthouse v. City of Edmond, 2003 OK 42, 73 P.2d 840

11/20/03 Firefighters and Policemen's Arbitration Law, Okla. Stat. tit. 11, §§ 51-101 to 113; Bentley v. Board of Commissioners, 41 F.3d 600 (10th Cir. 1994) Anadarko v. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 118, 934 P.2d 328 (Okla. 1997); City of Midwest City v. Public Employees Relations Board, 2003 OK CIV APP 1218, 69 P.3d 1218

11/21/03 same as above

12/04/03 28 U.S.C. § 1961; Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 727; Frymire v. Ampex Corp., 61 F.3d 757 (10th Cir. 1995); Morava v. Central Oklahoma Medical Group, 2001 OK CIV APP, 26 P.3d 779 (Okla. Ct. App. 2001)

12/05/03 same as above