HUNT

v.

BITTMAN ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (66 total)

• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston, 469 U.S. 111 (U.S. 1985)
  …her Congress intended the “willfulness” standard to be identical for determining liquidated damages and for purposes of the limitations period. Compare Spagnuolo v. Whirlpool Corp., 641 F. 2d 1109, 1113 (CA4) (standards are identical), cert. denied, 454 U. S. 860 (1981), with Kelly v. American Standard, Inc., 640 F. 2d 974, 979 (CA9 1981) (standards are different). The “in the picture” standard proposed by the respondents would allow the recovery of liquidated damages even if the employer acted reasonably a…
• Grogan v. Garner, 498 U.S. 279 (U.S. 1991)
  …v. Mixon, 719 F. 2d 1373, 1376 (CA8 1983); Spilman v. Harley, 656 F. 2d 224, 228 (CA6 1981). Cf. In re Rahm, 641 F. 2d 755, 757 (CA9) (prior judgment establishes only a prima facie ease of nondischargeability), cert, denied sub nom. Gregg v. Rahm, 454 U. S. 860 (1981). We now clarify that collateral estoppel principles do indeed apply in discharge exception proceedings pursuant to § 523(a). This indifference would not be shared, however, by a creditor who either did not try, or tried unsuccessfully, to p…
• la Montagne v. Am. Convenience Prods., Inc., 750 F.2d 1405 (7th Cir. 1984)
  …ng factor in his discharge. See Lovelace v. Sherwin-Williams Co., 681 F. 2d 230, 239 (4th Cir.1982); Stanojev v. Ebasco Services, Inc., 643 F. 2d 914, 920-21 (2d Cir.1981); Spagnuolo v. Whirlpool Corp., 641 F. 2d 1109, 1113 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 860, 102 S.Ct. 316, 70 L.Ed.2d 158 (1981). By far the more common method of proof, however, is that set forth in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973).1 This indirect proof, as elaborated and clarified in…