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This database contains 142,000+ federal and state court rulings related to employment law, spanning from 1964 to present. Every ruling includes the case name, filing date, court, docket number, and — where available — the outcome, damages awarded, employer involved, and specific claims raised.
You can search by keyword, filter by federal statute (Title VII, ADA, FMLA, FLSA, and more), narrow by date range, and click into any ruling for the full details and related cases. Each ruling links to the original source on CourtListener for verification.
Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement System—Retirement board determined that it was unable to consider an application for disability retirement benefits because the applicant's employment was terminated and he was not an employee of the Ohio State Highway Patrol—Under R.C. 5505.18 and 5505.20, an employee of the Ohio State Highway Patrol who is a member of the retirement system is eligible for disability retirement benefits if the employee applies for those benefits before being terminated—Court of appeals' grant of a writ of mandamus ordering the retirement system and its board to vacate its order determining that it was unable to consider claimant's application and ordering them to conduct further proceedings to determine claimant's eligibility for disability retirement benefits affirmed.
<bold>1. Trade Secrets — silvering solution — consent agreement</bold> <bold>— patent expired</bold> <block_quote> The trial court did not err by determining that plaintiffs' use of a certain silvering solution in making mirrors was a trade secrets case even though the patent for the substance already expired, because regardless of whether the substance is technically a trade secret, plaintiffs are bound by their agreement that they would treat it as one.</block_quote><page_number>Page 327</page_number> <bold>2. Trade Secrets — silvering solution — reversal of oral ruling in</bold> <bold>written order</bold> <block_quote> The trial court did not commit prejudicial error by reversing in a written order its earlier oral ruling that a certain silvering solution used to make mirrors was not a trade secret, because: (1) plaintiffs were not prevented from introducing evidence as a result of the order; and (2) the primary focus of plaintiffs' case at trial was to show that the use of the substance in silvering solutions was not a trade secret.</block_quote> <bold>3. Trade Secrets — silvering solution — violation of consent</bold> <bold>judgment — willfulness</bold> <block_quote> The trial court did not err by finding plaintiffs willfully violated a consent judgment based on plaintiffs' conduct of using a certain silvering solution to make mirrors, because: (1) a mistaken belief that the use of the chemical came under an exception does not negate the purposefulness or deliberateness of plaintiff individual's acts; and (2) plaintiffs may not be relieved of their duty to comply with a consent judgment's provisions based on their mistaken interpretation or finding the judgment difficult to interpret.</block_quote> <bold>4. Trade Secrets — silvering solution — appropriate relief</bold> <bold>under consent judgment</bold> <block_quote> The trial court did not err by determining that defendant's relief under a consent judgment, stating that a certain silvering so
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This database indexes 142,000+ employment law court rulings from federal district courts, circuit courts of appeals, and state courts across the United States. Cases cover the full spectrum of employment law claims, including Title VII discrimination, ADA accommodation disputes, FMLA retaliation, FLSA wage and hour violations, wrongful termination, whistleblower protections, and more.
All rulings are sourced from CourtListener, a project of the Free Law Project (501(c)(3) nonprofit). We ingest new rulings daily through automated feeds, then classify each ruling by employment law statute, claim type, outcome, and employer using a combination of keyword matching and AI-assisted extraction.
Use the search and filters above to find rulings relevant to your situation. You can search by case name, employer, or keyword, then filter by statute and date range. Click any ruling to see the full details, including outcome, damages, related laws, and similar cases. If you find a ruling involving your employer, visit their employer profile to see their full complaint history.
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