Cases --- April 2nd through 8th

Discrimination/Retaliation

McLane Co., Inc., v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, April 3, 2017) (reversing 9th Circuit de novo review and reversal of district court refusal to enforce EEOC subpoenas: such a decision must be reviewed for abuse of discretion, not de novo)

*Clincy v. Transunion, LLC (10th Cir., April 4, 2017) (affirming summary judgement in favor of Transunion et al. because Clincy failed to demonstrate that he had been fired under circumstances giving rise to an inference of discrimination)

Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease

Valdez v. Labor Commission (Utah Ct. App., April 6, 2017) (declining to disturb a labor commission denial of permanenttotal disability benefits because the decision was supported by substantial evidence)

*Cases marked with an asterisk are cases the 10th Circuit does not consider binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. They may be cited, however, for persuasive value under Fed.R.App.P. 32.1 and 10th Cir.R. 32.1.

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