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Labor and Employment Law

University of Michigan Law School

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Unemployment Compensation For Employees Of Educational Institutions: How State Courts Have Created Variations On Federally Mandated Statutory Language, Maribeth Wilt-Seibert Mar 1995

Unemployment Compensation For Employees Of Educational Institutions: How State Courts Have Created Variations On Federally Mandated Statutory Language, Maribeth Wilt-Seibert

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Abstract for a piece in the 1995 Unemployment Compensation: Continuity and Change symposium presented by the Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation and the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform.


Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Power Of State Court To Levy On Employer's Obligation Under Back Pay Order - Power Of Federal Court To Enjoin State Proceedings, Andrew J. Sawyer, Jr. Aug 1942

Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Power Of State Court To Levy On Employer's Obligation Under Back Pay Order - Power Of Federal Court To Enjoin State Proceedings, Andrew J. Sawyer, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A decree of the federal circuit court had been issued enforcing an order of the National Labor Relations Board requiring respondent company to pay back wages to certain employees who had been discharged in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. While the sums payable under the award were still unliquidated, creditors and estranged wives of the employees brought suits in state courts on claims against the employees; and writs of attachment, process of garnishment and injunctive orders were issued by the state courts against respondent requiring it to pay portions of the awards to the creditors rather than the …


Jurisdiction Of Employee Suits Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, George W. Crockett Jr. Jan 1941

Jurisdiction Of Employee Suits Under The Fair Labor Standards Act, George W. Crockett Jr.

Michigan Law Review

The statutory authority for employee suits under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is found in section 16(b). Suits under this section have been instituted in both state and federal courts. In practically every case the defendant has, by a motion to dismiss, challenged the jurisdiction of the court. The usual ground for the challenge in the state courts is that such suits seek to recover penalties incurred under a statute of the United States, and are, therefore, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States. The jurisdiction of the federal district courts is generally …