Sphinx

The energy and resources devoted to chasing beautiful young women can be debilitating, or at least distracting. I always thought that if the part of my brain which cared so much about pussy could be removed or disconnected, I would have a Nobel or a Pulitzer to my credit by now. One of the good things about growing older...no...wait...the only thing good thing about growing older...is that I just don't care that much anymore. I still make a fool of myself from time to time...but not nearly as often or with such disastrous consequences.

A denial of certiorari to the federal court doesn't mean the court deemed the decision fair. It doesn't necessarily mean the court would find the decision correct on appeal. It usually means the court believes there is no federal question or the question is better framed in other cases. The court does not (usually) give a reason for refusing to hear a case. Once again, what the dentist did is not illegal. Her lawyer's tried to make a gender discrimination case under the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The facts of the case don't fit that claim. Would she have had a better harassment claim...I think so...but I'm not her attorney. A couple other responses to other posts: ...the seven members of the Iowa Supreme Court are all male. ...she got a months severance ...she's eligible for unemployment (which dentist must pay)

The pics aren't even of the same girl. Nonsense.

If a man was fired for being irresistible, he wouldn't file a lawsuit. He'd brag to his friends who wouldn't believe him; but he wouldn't call a lawyer.

I suspect the class is bored (mine usually are) but I'll play along since I'm bored too. While you are correct that many federal statutes do impinge on state authority as far as employment, the Iowa Supreme Court would be the highest authority on the contractual issues relating to the plaintiffs employment. Unless as I suggested, she attempted to make a discrimination/equal protection claim. Gender is a protected class (although limited in some cases) but given that all the employees are women and her replacement was a woman, there seems no federal question and no basis for cert from a federal court. But hey...I'm all for court-made law and I am all for hot dental hygienists. I hope the ACLU takes a run at it.

Wrong. FLSA does not mandate overtime pay for working on Christmas. Only for hours worked by covered workers in excess of 40 hours per week. In any event, Ms Nelson would be an exempt employee under FLSA. Careful CH, you're in danger of failing this class.

There is no higher court. Employment issues are a matter of state law and the Iowa supremes have the last word. Unless she wants to file an equal protection case and claim that "hot" is a protected class.

You won't find it because there is no written law. Employment at will is a well and long established principle in contract law throughout most of the US. The case in question does not set precedent but rather follows a long history of cases spanning over a hundred years. For the Iowa court to have decided otherwise would have been a stunning departure from settled case law. Here's the wiki entry for an okay summary... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment

Yeah...good looking guys just can't catch a break...

Plenty of busts have gone down in just this way. As for the cell phone records, GPS tracking, corroboration from review sites...that suggests a larger police operation. Maybe if Suzie is suspected to be part of an agency...less likely for an independent. But cops following up on neighbor complaints...you bet. Another good reason to stick to hotels.

Usually the service from the provider needed to be redone as well, sometimes within a couple hours..

Then whatever you're gonna tell her is for your sake, not hers. If you're gonna disclose your feelings just to make yourself feel better, all you're doing is playing her. If she feels the same, you will have succeeded in making her want what she can't have. If she doesn't...you will have gained nothing and maybe ruined what you have now. All I'm saying is, if you care about this girl...examine your motives. And good luck...

Are you watching the clock...or do you set an alarm on your phone?

It is? Guess I'm missing the obvious. But then, I've never really been able to distinguish between bullshit and horseshit anyway. And isn't self reviewing verboten...and grounds for banishment and exile?

1977 is history. Wow. That makes me feel really old... ...but here's a picture of the 1977 Playmate of the Year. http://playmate.uw.hu/pictures/7611.jpg pretty sure she was on my bedroom wall.