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· 4/2/1980

Velazquez v. Chardon

Citations

  • 500 F. Supp. 10
  • 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14874

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • awarding back pay, specifically “the wages that would have been earned had the award been implemented between the time of the decision and the preliminary injunction, less any amount earned during that period,” and prejudgment interest
  • case appropriate for attorney’s fees where employers’ positions were “unsupported by law or fact, and [were] asserted in bad faith”
  • Court found that in order to give full remedial effect to the arbitrator’s reinstatement award, the employer must pay the employees the wages, plus interest, that they would have earned during the period of the company’s noncompliance (less any amount they actually earned during that period

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Judges: Torruella

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