Villiarimo v. Aloha Island Air, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment was appropriate even where the decision-maker's reason is "foolish or trivial or even baseless"

Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.

Holding that where a statute addresses "a legitimate local public interest, and its effects on interstate commerce are only incidental, it will be upheld unless the burden imposed on such commerce is clearly excessive in relation to the putative local benefits"

Barnett Bank of Marion County, N.A. v. Nelson

Holding that a federal statute permitting banks to act as agents of insurance companies, although not insurers themselves, was a statute regulating the "business of insurance" for McCarran-Ferguson purposes

Healy v. the Beer Institute

Holding that a state statute violated the Commerce Clause because it had the practical effect of establishing scale of prices for use in other states

Hines v. Davidowitz

Holding that the Alien Registration Act of 1940 preempted Pennsylvania's alien registration requirements

Sullivan v. Oracle Corp.

Holding that nonresident employees of a California company who worked primarily in their home states, but who also worked in California "for entire days or weeks" at a time, were entitled to Labor Code protections

Bostain v. Food Express

Holding that applying the Minimum Wage Act to Washington-based employees who perform interstate work did not create unconstitutional extraterritorial effects

Franklin Nat. Bank v. New York

Holding that federal statutes authorizing national banks to receive savings deposits preempted New York law barring non-state-chartered banks from using the word "savings" in advertising, since the law interfered with the banks' "right to let the public know about" a business in which federal law permitted them to engage

Prachasaisoradej v. Ralphs Grocery Co., Inc.

In Prachasaisoradej v. Ralphs Grocery Co., 42 Cal. 4th 217 (2007), the California Supreme Court held that the defendant grocery store's profit-sharing plan did not violate statutes and regulations prohibiting collecting any part of an employee's wages or deducting wages for expenses not caused by an employee's misconduct merely because wages and other expenses were factors that determined whether the store made a profit that could be shared.

Indus. Welfare Comm'n v. Superior Court

In Industrial Welfare Commission v. Superior Court, 27 Cal. 3d 690, 730 (1980), the California Supreme Court held that Labor Code section 351 required "that tips received by an employee... not reduce an employer's minimum wage obligation, either directly or indirectly."

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Section 213 - Exemptions

Exempting salaried employees from the FLSA's overtime pay requirement

Section 162 - Trade or business expenses

Denying deductions for illegal bribes, kickbacks, etc.

Section 652.610 - Itemized statement of amounts and purposes of deductions; timely payment to recipient of amounts deducted

Prohibiting wage deductions with certain exceptions

Section 49.46.120 - Chapter establishes minimum standards and is supplementary to other laws-More favorable standards unaffected

Section 986 - Right to collect royalty payment

Stating that “seller or the seller's agent shall pay ... 5 percent of the amount of such sale” and that when “a work of fine art is sold at an auction or by a gallery, dealer, broker, museum, or other person acting as the agent for the seller, the agent shall withhold 5 percent of the amount of the sale”

Section 395.3 - Maximum driving time for property-carrying vehicles

In 49 C.F.R. § 395.3, the DOT establishes the maximum number of hours that a driver may drive during any given day, as well as the maximum number of hours that a driver may drive during any given week; it also mandates the minimum number of consecutive hours off-duty that must be observed between shifts of driving.

Section 395.8 - Driver's record of duty status

Specifying these four categories

Section 296-126-092 - Meal periods - Rest periods

Stating that "[e]mployees shall be allowed" meal and rest periods

Section 396.11 - Driver vehicle inspection report(s)

Requiring daily reports from drivers

Section 296-126-021 - Minimum wages - Commissions and piecework

Regarding minimum wage calculation for employees receiving commission

Section 296-126-028 - Wage deductions during on-going employment