Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 29 U.S.C. § 2601 29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(1) 29 U.S.C. § 2612(a)(1)(D) Supreme Court 209 U.S. 123 415 U.S. 651, 664 458 U.S. 670, 685 474 U.S. 64, 68 517 U.S. 44, 73 527 U.S. 706, 713 535 U.S. 635, 645-648 536 U.S. 101, 110-114 538 U.S. 721, 735 Circuit Courts 575 F.2d 579, 580 775 F.2d 617, 619 786 F.2d 298, 302 834 F.2d 1248, 1252-1253 877 F.2d 304, 307 73 F.3d 816, 819 88 F.3d 341 131 F.3d 836, 840-842 225 F.3d 519, 526-529 282 F.3d 391, 396 302 F.3d 161, 179 304 F.3d 704, 718 342 F.3d 1159, 1164-1165 359 F.3d 1222, 1232-1233 369 F.3d 833, 839 381 F.3d 407, 412 422 F.3d 392, 400-405 461 F.3d 871, 877-880 466 F.3d 359, 367-368 494 F.3d 71, 96-98 513 F.3d 476, 482