29 Cited authorities

Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
401 U.S. 424 (1971) Cited 2,781 times 35 Legal Analyses
Holding that § 703(h) does not protect use of testing requirements with a disparate impact on racial minorities where the tests were not shown to be related to job performance
Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
29 Cal.4th 1134 (Cal. 2003) Cited 1,705 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"
Davis v. Team Elec
520 F.3d 1080 (9th Cir. 2008) Cited 830 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that ostracism constituted an adverse employment action where employee's ban from "an important area of the workplace" contributed to a material change in the terms and conditions of her employment
Guthrey v. State of California
63 Cal.App.4th 1108 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998) Cited 742 times
Granting attorneys' fees where the court held "there is absolutely no evidence on the record which supports a finding that [plaintiff] has established a prima facie case for any of his claims"
Janken v. GM Hughes Electronics
46 Cal.App.4th 55 (Cal. Ct. App. 1996) Cited 555 times
Holding that "[t]he intentional infliction of emotional distress claim fails" where "[t]he factual allegations . . . plead claims of discrimination" but not more
Trujillo v. North County Transit Dist.
63 Cal.App.4th 280 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998) Cited 485 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the statutory language of § 12940 does not "support recovery on . . . a private right of action where there has been a specific factual finding that [the alleged] discrimination or harassment actually occurred at the plaintiffs's workplace"
Committee on Children's Television, Inc. v. General Foods Corp.
35 Cal.3d 197 (Cal. 1983) Cited 717 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that no fiduciary relationship existed between advertisers of cereal and consumers because "it is unnecessary to call upon the law of fiduciary relationships to perform a function for which it was not designed and is largely unsuited"
Zhang v. Superior Court
57 Cal.4th 364 (Cal. 2013) Cited 252 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a litigant may not rely on the proscriptions of section 790.03 as the basis for a UCL claim," but that "when insurers engage in conduct that violates both [ section 790.03 ] and obligations imposed by other statutes or the common law, a UCL action may lie"
Avila v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
165 Cal.App.4th 1237 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) Cited 252 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that calling in sick during an absence and providing hospital forms describing the illness upon return to work is sufficient notice
Khoury v. Maly's of California, Inc.
14 Cal.App.4th 612 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993) Cited 386 times
Holding that " demurrer for uncertainty is strictly construed, even where a complaint is in some respects uncertain, because ambiguities can be clarified under modern discovery procedures."
Section 12112 - Discrimination
42 U.S.C. § 12112 Cited 13,997 times 159 Legal Analyses
Recognizing failure to accommodate as form of discrimination

Minute Order

29 Cited authorities

Holding that § 703(h) does not protect use of testing requirements with a disparate impact on racial minorities where the tests were not shown to be related to job performance

Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"

Holding that ostracism constituted an adverse employment action where employee's ban from "an important area of the workplace" contributed to a material change in the terms and conditions of her employment

Granting attorneys' fees where the court held "there is absolutely no evidence on the record which supports a finding that [plaintiff] has established a prima facie case for any of his claims"

Holding that "[t]he intentional infliction of emotional distress claim fails" where "[t]he factual allegations . . . plead claims of discrimination" but not more

Holding that the statutory language of § 12940 does not "support recovery on . . . a private right of action where there has been a specific factual finding that [the alleged] discrimination or harassment actually occurred at the plaintiffs's workplace"

Holding that no fiduciary relationship existed between advertisers of cereal and consumers because "it is unnecessary to call upon the law of fiduciary relationships to perform a function for which it was not designed and is largely unsuited"

Holding that "a litigant may not rely on the proscriptions of section 790.03 as the basis for a UCL claim," but that "when insurers engage in conduct that violates both [ section 790.03 ] and obligations imposed by other statutes or the common law, a UCL action may lie"

Holding that calling in sick during an absence and providing hospital forms describing the illness upon return to work is sufficient notice

Holding that " demurrer for uncertainty is strictly construed, even where a complaint is in some respects uncertain, because ambiguities can be clarified under modern discovery procedures."

Recognizing failure to accommodate as form of discrimination