Employment Law Case Briefs
Employment law governs the relationship between employers and employees, covering workplace discrimination, wrongful termination, wage and hour regulations, labor organizing, and employee benefits. Key statutes include Title VII, the ADA, ADEA, FLSA, and the NLRA.
The cases below include foundational decisions like Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (disparate impact), McDonnell Douglas v. Green (burden-shifting framework), and Burlington Industries v. Ellerth (employer liability for harassment). You will also find cases on at-will employment, whistleblower protections, and collective bargaining.
Each brief follows the standard law-school format to help you master employment law concepts for class, outlines, and exams.
Abdus-Sabur v. New York City Department of Education
Airport Authority of New York and New Jersey v. United States
Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
Aldana v. Del Monte Fresh Produce
Alphonse v. State of Florida
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. United States
Baker v. Am. Airlines, Inc.
Baker v. The Home Depot
Bishop v. Kauffman
Boyd v. State of New Jersey
Braden v. University of Kentucky
Brennan v. City of New York
Broughton v. New York City Fire Department
Burbank v. O’Hara
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White
Burns v. Associated Press
Burton v. New York City Department of Education
Cadena v. El Torito
California Coastal Commission v. Granite Rock Co.
California v. Allen
Camarena v. Stowell
Chappell v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist.
City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart
Coffy v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
Collins v. New York City Department of Education
Comm. of the Whole v. Peterson
Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
Crews v. City of Chicago
Cruz v. Coach Stores, Inc.
Davis v. California Department of Corrections
Davis v. United Airlines
Dorleans v. New Jersey State Police
Dunlop v. Bachowski
Dwyer v. U.S. Postal Service
Dyer v. Tyndall
East Side Union High School District v. East Side Teachers Association
EEOC v. BDO USA, L.L.P.
EEOC v. Walmart Stores, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. City of Long Beach
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Woolworth Co.
Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Fagan v. City of New York
Farrell v. City of New York
Farrell v. S.E. Penn. Transportation Authority
Feldman v. New York
Ferguson v. New York State Department of Corrections
Ferguson v. New York State Department of Labor
Freeman v. New York State Police
Freeman v. Pitts
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Garcia v. Sumter County
General Electric Co. v. Joiner
Gordon v. City of Chicago
Gordon v. Rust-Oleum Corp.
Gordon v. U.S. Steel Corp.
Grant v. City of New York
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
Hannigan v. Department of Veterans Affairs
Harris v. City of Chicago
Harris v. New York State Dept. of Corrections
Healy v. South Carolina Department of Corrections
Hemingway v. Milliken
Hernandez v. Montgomery County
Hernandez v. New York
Hernandez v. New York City Department of Juvenile Justice
Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College
Hollis v. City of Cuyahoga Falls
Hudson v. City of New York
In re Furlong
In re: Employment Discrimination Litigation against the State of New York
In re: Holzer
Johnson v. New York City Fire Department
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. NLRB
Kaiser v. Kane County
Keller v. City of Fremont
Kelley v. McCarty
Kelley v. Metropolitan County Board of Education
Klein v. New York City Office of Management and Budget
Levering v. City of New York
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Limbach v. Washington State
Lindh v. Murphy
Lockett v. New York City Department of Education
Loeffler v. Frank
Longo v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Lorenzo v. New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Love v. Pullman Co.
Lustig v. United Parcel Service
Lynn v. State of Louisiana
Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. v. United States
Magenis v. St. Louis University
Mahon v. City of San Diego
Mason v. American Tobacco Company
Mason v. New York State Department of Health
McClain v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co.
Mitchell v. City of New York
Moore v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Morris v. California
Nassar v. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Nassau County Police Department v. Nassau County PBA
National Labor Relations Board v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.
Nguyen v. New York City Department of Health
NLRB v. Canning
NLRB v. Local 134, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
NLRB v. United Tribal Council
Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Flight Attendants
Oberg v. U.S. Dept. of Labor
Osorio v. New York City
Packard v. Utah
Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders
Perry v. Ethan Allen, Inc.
Peters v. New York City Police Department
Phillips v. New York City Department of Transportation
Polk v. New York City Transit Authority
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
R v. P
Rizo v. Yovino
Robinson v. Jacksonville Shipyards, Inc.
Robinson v. Montgomery County Public Schools
Rodriguez v. Maricopa County Community College District
Rogers v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Rumble v. Fairview Health Services
San Diego v. Cortez
Sanchez v. Denver Public Schools
Santiago v. New York
Schneider v. National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor v. D.H. Overmyer Co.
Sever v. Alaska Pulp Corp.
Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives
Snyder v. Board of Education
Stokes v. GTE Corp.
Strickland v. City of New Orleans
Sullivan v. Labor & Industrial Relations Comm
Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.
Sullivan v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Swanson v. E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Botsford
United Farm Workers v. Washington State
United Steelworkers v. Weber
Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Center v. Nassar
US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett
Veliz v. Cintas Corp.
Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Antonio
Wiley v. Massachusetts
Williams v. Saxbe
Winston v. University of Chicago
Xerox Corp. v. NLRB
Young v. New York City Police Department
Zamora v. City of Houston