(Tampa divorce attorney) Quinteros-Mendoza v. Holder
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(U.S. 4th Cir., Civil Procedure, Immigration Law) Petition to review decision denying petitioner asylum and withholding of removal to El Salvador is denied where: 1) the Government erred in its contention that the court lacked jurisdiction to review the BIA’s refusal to refer a case to a three-member panel; 2) the BIA’s subsequent precedential decision eliminated the need for such three-judge review; 3) the BIA’s decision accorded with its subsequent precedential decision; and 4) the record lent adequate support for the finding of the Immigration Judge and the BIA that neither religion nor political opinion initiated, escalated, perpetuated, or otherwise constituted a central reason for the persecution against petitioner.
Cristler v. Express Messenger Sys., Inc.
(Cal. App., Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law) In a class action suit against defendant-parcel delivery company for improper classification of employees as independent contractors, judgment in favor of defendant-company is affirmed over claims of error that the trial court: 1) abused its discretion by failing to amend the class definition in light of developments subsequent to class certification; 2) erred in instructing the jury as to both the burden of proof and with respect to the pertinent classification factors that distinguished employees from independent contractors; 3) applied incorrect legal standards in adjudicating plaintiffs’ unfair and unlawful business practices causes of action; 4) abused its discretion by allowing the introduction of irrelevant and “inflammatory” evidence as to the relative benefits of independent contractor status; and 5) erroneously permitted defendant to recover costs for the production of exhibits that were not used at trial.
Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. Box
(U.S. 7th Cir., Civil Procedure, Transportation) In a suit over a state requirement that rail switching yards built or substantially renovated after February 2005 must include walkways parallel to each track for employees, judgment for defendant-state is affirmed where federal law does not supersede the state requirement.
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