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Every decision we've filed under Civil.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a district court order compelling arbitration and denying a motion to vacate an arbitration award in favor of Dell Technologies. The court also issued a stern warning to the pro se appellant regarding the fabrication of legal citations using generative artificial intelligence.
The First Circuit affirmed summary judgment for an employer, ruling that an employee failed to prove his termination was caused by his request for a disability accommodation. The court held that the chronological sequence of events demonstrated the employer had already decided to terminate the employee before he asserted his protected rights.
The Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the United States, ruling that the plaintiff failed to prove her position required equal skill, effort, and responsibility compared to her male colleague under the Equal Pay Act. The court further held that the government successfully rebutted the claim by demonstrating the pay differential was based on factors other than sex.
The First Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a securities fraud lawsuit, holding that the claims arose out of promissory notes containing a valid forum selection clause. The court rejected arguments that the clause was unenforceable under Massachusetts public policy or that the suit fell outside its scope.
The Federal Circuit reversed the Merit Systems Protection Board's dismissal of a federal employee's termination appeal, holding that the petitioner non-frivolously alleged he was not serving a probationary period. The court remanded the case for a full jurisdictional hearing because the Board improperly weighed conflicting evidence without resolving the factual dispute.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal because the notice of appeal was filed after the mandatory 60-day jurisdictional deadline. The court held that this statutory time limit is strict and cannot be excused when the appellant fails to provide evidence required to invoke the prisoner filing rule.
The Third Circuit reversed a district court order compelling arbitration in a labor dispute over employee benefit contributions. The appellate court held that the grievance fell outside the scope of the collective bargaining agreement's arbitration clause because the claimed right did not arise from the contract itself.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed Richard Villanueva Mitchell's conviction for making a false bankruptcy declaration, rejecting his claim that the trial court erred by omitting a materiality element from the jury instructions. The court held that because Mitchell himself requested the omission of that element, he invited the error and cannot now challenge it on appeal.
The Fifth Circuit denied a petition for review upholding a 150-day suspension of a pilot's license for flying an aircraft with a tail number that did not match its registration documents. The court found the pilot failed to meet the narrow standard for reasonable reliance and that the administrative nature of the violation did not preclude a safety sanction.
The Fifth Circuit vacated the district court's grant of summary judgment on Greg Murphy's due process claims, finding a genuine dispute of material fact regarding his entitlement to premium pay under school district policy. The court affirmed summary judgment on Murphy's First Amendment and Fourth Amendment claims, holding that the record supported the district's legitimate reasons for his termination and arrest.