"If an employer fails to pay wages in the amount, time, or manner required by contract or by statute, the employee has two principal options. The employee may seek judicial relief by filing an ordinary civil action against the employer for breach of contract and/or for the wages prescribed by statute. (Lab. Code, §§ 218, 1194.) Or the employee may seek administrative relief by filing a wage cl

In 1991, plaintiff Richard Katzberg was appointed professor of medicine at the University of California at Davis Medical School and Chairperson of the Department of Radiology at the University of California Davis Medical Center. In July 1995, the university commenced an investigation concerning alleged mishandling of funds by the department of radiology. In February 1996, the university issued

This action arises from the circumstances underlying the investigation and arrest of Dahl by several police officers employed by the City of Dothan. The events leading up to Dahl's arrest began on December 12, 1997, when Sgt. Jim Holley received a tip from confidential informant Rustin McCardle that Dahl's son was in possession of illicit drugs. Based on McCardle's tip, Holley stopped and searched

The plaintiff, Cumberland Farms, Inc., appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant, the town of Groton (town). The plaintiff initiated the present action against the town, alleging that the denial of its application for a zoning variance by the town's zoning board of appeals (board) effected an inverse condemnation2 of its property entitling the plaintif

Recent practice and case law has inclined toward denying a request for trial by jury whenever a complaint joins claims in law and equity on the theory that any claim in equity "draws the whole lawsuit into equity." We think this narrows the right to trial by jury as guaranteed by the Indiana Constitution.

Facts and Procedural History

Appellant Stephen A. Songer is chairman of the b

1 We granted a petition for interlocutory appeal filed by defendant Harvey Real Estate, a limited partnership, to review the trial court's determination that defendant was not entitled to introduce certain evidence in an eminent domain proceeding. We also granted a cross-petition filed by plaintiff Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to review the trial court's ruling that UDOT had abandoned

In this eminent domain case, the defendants, Airpark Business Center Condominium Unit Owners' Association, New Oxford Realty Trust, and Harvey Road Airpark, L.L.C., appeal an order of the Superior Court (Lynn, J.) precluding them from seeking damages caused by the extension of an airport runway. We affirm.

The record discloses the following facts. The defendants own land improved with commer

Defendant Grand Rapids Township appeals by leave granted an order of the circuit court denying its motion for an order to block the depositions of its planning commission members. We reverse.

In 1995, plaintiff filed an application with defendant to rezone plaintiff's property from an R-1 (single family residential) to a C-1 (suburban neighborhood commercial) zoning classification. Plainti

Plaintiffs, Fred Eychaner and Betty Lou Weiss, were directors of the Auditorium Theatre Council (Council). Plaintiffs brought an action against defendants, Roosevelt University and its president, Theodore Gross (collectively Roosevelt), in the circuit court of Cook County. In the claims and counterclaims that developed in this case, the Auditorium Theatre Council, Inc. (ATC Inc.), and Roosevelt, r

Plaintiffs-Appellees Dean Kinney and David Hall brought suit against seven law enforcement officials, the seven cities or counties that employ these officials, and the East Texas Police Chiefs' Association, 1 asserting four claims: (1) a 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) claim alleging conspiracy against Kinney and Hall because of their testimony in judicial proceedings, (2) a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim alle

In 1995 Indiana enacted a statute making the woman's informed consent a condi-tion to an abortion. Ind. Code §16-34-2-1.1. Even though the text of this law is materially identical to one held con-stitutional in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Penn-sylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 881-87 (1992), a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction preventing the statute from taking ef

On March 1, 1995, the board of directors of appellant, ExxonMobil, passed a resolution determining that there was a public necessity to construct a common carrier pipeline from Katy Gas Plant in Waller County, Texas, through Fort Bend County to a location in Brazoria County. ExxonMobil negotiated with appellee, William S. Bell, to acquire an easement for its common carrier pipeline. On May 11, 199

Ann Cohen, Glenn Craig, James Embry and Susan Fischer, all officers with the Louisville, Kentucky, Police Department, appeal the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment in this civil rights action filed by Plaintiffs, Natasha Thomas, Susan Gibbs, and Edwina Lewis, former residents of the Augusta House, a "transitional shelter" for women attempting to acclimate themselves to ma

Securtec, Inc., appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Gregg County on Securtec's claims seeking declaratory relief and damages as a result of Gregg County's alleged violations of the bidding laws of the State of Texas.

Securtec contends the trial court erred in dismissing Securtec's requests for declaratory judgment under the mootness doctrine and its claim f

Inverse condemnation - Plaintiff claimed that the City of Atlanta wrongfully demolished a building she owned. Defendant claimd that the building was unsafe and of no value.

The Thompsons appeal the judgment awarding them $2,543,000 for 5.5 acres of property they owned in downtown Springfield that was condemned for use as a city park by the City of Springfield. They allege that reversible error occurred when the City stated during voir dire that some of the jurors might believe that their taxes would go up as a result of the award to the Thompsons. They further allege

The defendants, the city of Bridge-port (city), the Bridgeport redevelopment agency (agency) and the Bridgeport port authority (authority), appeal from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a court trial, granting a mandatory injunction ordering them to reconvey to the plaintiff, Pequonnock Yacht Club, Inc., certain real property taken by eminent domain. The defendants appealed fr

The plaintiff, ATC Partnership, appeals from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendants1 in an action of replevin to regain possession of certain machinery and equipment. The plaintiff claims that the court improperly (1) concluded that the plaintiff's property was not wrongfully detained because the defendant town of Windham (town) seized that property pursuant to an alias

[1] Appellant Wyoming Resources Corporation (WRC) and Appellee T-Chair Land Company (T-Chair) entered into contractual agreements providing WRC access to oil and coalbed methane production wells by roads on T-Chair's ranch property. A dispute arose after T-Chair contended that improperly controlled water produced from WRC's coalbed methane production wells was damaging the surface of its ranch

John R. Johnston, a Sonoma County landowner, appe als from an order denying his petition for writ of mandate against respondent Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. Appellant sought the writ to set aside the District's approval of the conveyance of a utility easement to real party in interest City of Santa Rosa across a portion of the Mayacamas Mountain Sanctuary, o

Plaintiffs-Appellees Dean Kinney and David Hall brought suit against seven law enforcement officials, the seven cities or counties that employ these officials, and the East Texas Police Chiefs' Association,(2) asserting four claims: (1) a 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) claim alleging conspiracy against Kinney and Hall because of their testimony in judicial proceedings, (2) a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim alleging v

Shirley Jordan and Jordan V., Inc. (collectively "Jordan") sought temporary and permanent injunctions against the City of Kemah and Landry's Crab Shack (1) to stop the restriction of traffic on Second Street, which abuts property they own and lease to Landry's Crab Shack, Inc. in the City of Kemah. The trial court denied Jordan's petition for temporary injunction and later granted Landry's and Kem

This case involves the extent of a taking in condemnation and the nature of compensation. The ultimate issue on appeal is whether the plaintiff, the Illinois Department of Transportation (the Department), an agency of the State, took the defendants' outdoor advertising signs in addition to the defendants' leasehold interests, to be used in a road construction project. The Department argues that it

This is a condemnation case. Cameron County Drainage District No. 5, appellant, ("the County") appeals a jury award of $141,550.00 made to Pablo S. and Lucila E. Gonzales, representing the value of a taking done by the County. The County challenges the evidence supporting the amount of damages and contends the damages were excessive. We affirm.

The County acquired 3.287 acres of a larger tra

Daniel B. Barge III, the plaintiff, owns 411.2 acres of land in rural Humphreys County. Barge purchased a portion of the land on August 20, 1997, and the remainder on August 25, 1997. Both tracts of land were purchased from the Gutierrez family. Ownership of the land prior to the purchases is not a matter of record. The testimony at trial indicates that Barge's property and the adjoining prope