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CIVIL PROCEDURE, CIVIL RIGHTS, GOVERNMENT LAW, LABOR &
EMPLOYMENT LAW, REMEDIES
Bourdais
v. New Orleans City, No. 05-30517
In a suit brought
by Caucasian fire recruit applicants alleging that city's
race-conscious hiring policy impermissibly caused a delay in their
hiring, a ruling finding that the policy did cause a delay, awarding
most plaintiffs' damages, but denying them damages for lost pension
benefits, is affirmed where the district court: 1) did not clearly
err in finding each of the present plaintiffs' claims were timely;
2) appropriately dismissed plaintiffs who failed to show they
suffered from an adverse employment decision; and 3) was within its
discretion in denying pension-related damages. Read
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CONTRACTS, INJURY AND TORT LAW, INSURANCE LAW, LABOR &
EMPLOYMENT LAW
In
re: S. Louisiana Sugars Coop. Inc., No. 06-30492
In
an action in which plaintiff sought coverage from an insurer under a
commercial general liability policy after it was sued for personal
injuries by a third party, summary judgment for the insurer is
vacated and remanded where the evidence relied upon by the district
court, without further development, was insufficient to establish as
a matter of law that the injured individual was a "leased worker"
for purposes of an exclusion under the policy at issue. Read
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