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6/24/2008 The Supreme Court decided 5-4 that the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees have a constitutional right of habeus corpus that cannot be taken away by statute. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority including himself, Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer. Souter also wrote a concurrence. Justice Roberts dissented for himself, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. Justice Scalia also wrote a dissent, in which Justices Roberts, Thomas, and Alito joined. The court has ruled previously (twice) that people held at Guantanamo without charges can go into civilian courts to ask that the government justify their continued detention. Each time, the administration and Congress,changed the law to try to close the courthouse doors to the detainees. Please click on link to the opinion on the Supreme Court website. Get involved on behalf of employees’ rights. Contact your representative or senator to support employee-rights legislation. Ask Your Senators and Representative To Cosponsor the CRTRA of 2007 Click on this link and get involved! http://capwiz.com/nela/home/ Kristin Case has been elected as the Secretary for the Illinois National Employment Lawyers Association.
Kristin Case discusses associational discrimination with Employment Law360.
'Employers Face More Association Bias Claims'
By Erin Coe, Portfolio Media, Inc.,www.law360.com
To read the entire article visit:
http://employment.law360.com/secure/printview.aspx?id=58515
6/12/2008
Supreme Court: Guantanamo Detainees Have Rights in Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-1195.pdf
4/22/08
In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Kristin Case & Hon. Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois) will be speaking to the Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women and the Labor & Employment Law Committee.
Topic of Discussion:
"When a claim of sexual assault forms the basis of a sexual harassment lawsuit."
3/15/08
12/10/2007
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11/20/2007
Jim Filson, former Big Ten Football official, who was represented by The Case Law Firm, talks with ESPN.com's "Outside the Lines" about his lawsuit against the Big Ten and succeeding in the sports world despite physical limitations.
Below is an excerpt from the article:
"Citing discrimination under the American Disabilities Act, Filson sued the Big Ten Conference and Delany in District Court on July 17, 2006. In the lawsuit, Filson says he was told he was terminated because he "didn't have two eyes" and failed to meet the "minimum physical requirements" of the job."
To read the entire article visit:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3111812
10/17/2007
Kristin Case has been elected as a board member of the Illinois National Employment Lawyers Association.
www.nela-illinois.org
SUPPORT THE On July 26, 2007, the
In 1990, Congress passed the Americans with Disability Act (“
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4/2007
Kristin Case, the owner of The Case Law Firm discusses work place discrimination & retaliation with Careerbuilder.com.
Below in an excerpt from the article:
Case also sees a lot of pregnancy discrimination cases, especially in higher level positions, and notes it is not just male bosses who are committing this type of violation. Case's experience jibes with EEOC complaint figures, which show a 12 percent increase in pregnancy discrimination cases from just five years ago.
This mirrors Peyton's experience. When she announced she was four months pregnant, she noticed all her juicy projects were slowly reassigned to the other woman in her department who was her junior. "It was difficult to for me to sit idle for five months and watch someone else finish up all the projects and get all the credit for assignments I had already done a lot of good work on."
To read the entire article visit:
http://jobs.aol.com/article/_a/are-you-a-victim-of-workplace/20070427111509990001
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