Ruth’s Hospitality Group, the parent company of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, is proud of its origins. The company boasts that forty-five years after its founder, Ruth Fertel, mortgaged her home to purchase her first restaurant, it has grown into a chain of more than 120 steakhouse restaurants in seven countries. Though it has become an international operation, the company insists that “our succ

Dianna L. Helton sued her former employer, Southland Racing Corporation, for employment discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, see 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2(a), 2000e-3(a), and the Arkansas Civil Rights Act (ACRA), see Ark. Code Ann. §§ 16-123-107, 16-123-108. The district court2 granted summary judgment to Southland. Ms. Helton appeals. This court affirms.<

The plaintiffs appeal the grant of summary judgment to the defendants in this action for retaliation and related claims arising from the removal of their business from a municipal towing list. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM in part, REVERSE in part, and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND

This case arises out of a series of disputes between

Col. (Ret.) Joe H. Bryant (“Bryant”), a former member of the Mississippi Air National Guard’s (“MSANG”) 186th Refueling Wing, sued MSANG and individual MSANG officials (“Individual Appellees”), asserting claims under: (1) the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. § 1034; (2) the Mississippi Bryant’s claims against individual Appellee F. Gregory Malta in his individual 1

Thomas Robinson ("Appellant") appeals the denial of his post-judgment motions seeking relief from the district court’s entry of summary judgment against him. Appellant had moved for relief from the judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), or, in the alternative, to alter or amend the judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). The district court construed Appel

In the past twenty years, businesses and private citizens alike have embraced the use of computers, electronic communication devices, the Internet, and e-mail. As those and other forms of technology evolve, the line separating business from personal activities can easily blur.

In the modern workplace, for example, occasional, personal use of the Internet is commonplace. Yet that simple ac

13 Plaintiff-Appellant James Goldberg appeals from a judgment of the United States District
14 Court for the District of Connecticut (Bryant, J.) dismissing his complaint pursuant to District of
15 Connecticut Local Civil Rule 7(a)(1). After defendants filed a motion to dismiss this action under
16 Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), Goldberg elected not to submit a substantive opposition. Inste

Civil Code1 section 714 prohibits a public entity from willfully delaying the approval of an application to install or use a solar energy system. (§ 714, subd. (e)(1).) William C. Arterberry, doing business as Farm ACW, appeals an order denying him attorney fees under subdivision (g) of section 714 in his action against the County of San Diego, the County of San Diego Department of Planning and L

Stephen Holschen brought this action against the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades/Painters District Council #2 (the Union) alleging several violations of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 401-53, as well as a state law claim for intentional interference with a valid business expectancy. The district court1 dismissed the state law claim conclud

Jaymie Quigley brought claims against her landlord, Dale Winter, pursuant to the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., and the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA), Iowa Code ch. 216, alleging (1) sexual harassment; (2) sex discrimination; and (3) coercion, intimidation, threat, and interference with Quigley’s enjoyment of her housing rights. A jury found in favor of Quigley on all claims a

Patricia Speck appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Memphis on Speck’s claims of age discrimination. We affirm.

I.

Speck worked as Coordinator of Nursing Services at the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center (MSARC) starting in 1989. She alleges that her managers accused her of violating city policy, unfairly criticized her work performa

Tamela Rowe sued the Oklahoma County Board of County Commissioners on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.c. 2000e claiming job discrimination. Rowe was hired and employed as Personnel Coordinator by Oklahoma County's Juvenile Detention Bureau. The position of Personnel Coordinator had been in existnce for some time. Her job duties included, among other things, recruitment and fielding,

“The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.” Everson v. Bd. of Educ., 330 U.S. 1, 18 (1947). The interplay between the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses creates an exception to an otherwise fully applicable statute if the statute would interfere with a religio

In 2008, the District Attorney of Wyoming County in Pennsylvania presented teens suspected of “sexting” with a choice: either attend an education program designed by the District Attorney in conjunction with two other agencies or face felony child pornography charges. Plaintiffs brought suit to enjoin the District Attorney from bringing criminal charges in retaliation for their refusal to atte

The principal questions presented in this appeal are: (1) whether a public employee engages in speech protected from retaliation by the First Amendment by relaying a subordinate’s concerns to her supervisor and by filing a lawsuit; and (2) whether a plaintiff can have third-party standing to assert claims on behalf of an individual who has suffered no injury.

Defendants-appellants Deborah

In 2008, Professor Rebecca Lockridge sued her employer, the University of Southern Maine, claiming, among other things, three violations of Title VII (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.): (1) gender discrimination (relating to the denial of a pay raise); (2) retaliation (relating to the denial of her request to move to another office); and (3) hostile work environment (relating to various incidents that o

“The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.” Everson v. Bd. of Educ., 330 U.S. 1, 18 (1947). The interplay between the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses creates an exception to an otherwise fully applicable statute if the statute would interfere with a religio

In this § 1983 action, Plaintiff Charles Rehberg sued former District Attorney Kenneth Hodges, specially appointed prosecutor Kelly Burke, and Chief Investigator James Paulk, alleging federal claims for malicious prosecution, retaliatory investigation and prosecution, evidence fabrication, and conspiracy to violate Rehberg’s constitutional rights. Defendants Hodges, Burke, and Paulk, in their i

These consolidated appeals arise out of an investigation by the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care (“DHS”) that resulted in Karen McBeth surrendering her license to run a daycare facility in Colorado. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of DHS employees Terry Santi and Kathi Wagoner on all counts on the grou

Plaintiff brought common-law claims against defendants for wrongful discharge, breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and intentional interference with economic relations, and brought statutory claims of employment discrimination, ORS 659A.230 (whistleblowing),(1) and blacklisting, ORS 659.805.(2) This is an interlocutory appeal of an order denying defendants' motion t

Robert T. Quasius appeals the decision of the district court1 granting summary judgment for The Schwan Food Company and Schwan’s Global Supply Chain, Inc., (collectively, “Schwan”) in his employment discrimination action against the company. The court based its decision on material facts that it deemed admitted by Quasius under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36. Because the court’s applic

This is an appeal by defendant DuPont Chambers Works from the denial of its post-trial motions after a jury awarded DuPont's former employee, plaintiff John Seddon, $724,000 as compensatory damages and $500,000 as punitive damages, based upon the jury's finding of a violation of plaintiff's rights under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8. The entire amount of

Few tenets of the United States justice system rank above the conflicting principles presented in this case: the transparency and openness of this nation’s court proceedings and the ability of private individuals to seek redress in the courts without fear for their safety. The plaintiffs, four minor children (“the Doe children”), seek to proceed anonymously in their suit against Kamehameha S

Cynthia Brzak and Nasr Ishak appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sweet, J.) dismissing claims against the United Nations and various United Nations officials. The complaint charges defendants with sex discrimination under several federal statutory and state common law theories. The district court dismissed the claims for lack of subject

Rene Sawanie Merswin, who at all times has proceeded pro se, appeals from the district court’s order dismissing under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) his 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claims as barred by the doctrine of res judicata and his 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2) claim for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND