Plaintiff-Appellant Louis D. Brown III (“Brown”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee City of Cleveland (“Defendant” or “Cleveland”) and the dismissal of his allegations of employment discrimination on the basis of his sex, age, disability, retaliation for the exercise of his rights under the First Amendment, hostile work environment,

In this appeal, we consider when it is appropriate to afford government entities discretionary immunity under NRS 41.032(2) in the context of accepting and rejecting bids for public works projects. More specifically, we examine whether a government entity can be held liable in tort for replacing a subcontractor on a public works project bid before accepting the contractor’s bid, based on the gu

Plaintiff, Forough Nadaf-Rahrov, appeals from the granting of summary judgment in favor of defendants on her various claims of employment discrimination. We reverse in part.

FACTUAL HISTORY

Forough Nadaf-Rahrov began working as a clothes fitter for The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. (Neiman Marcus) in Dallas, Texas in April 1985. In the mid-1990s, she transferred to a fitter position in t

The City of Los Angeles appeals from an order awarding expert witness fees to an employee who prevailed on a retaliation claim under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The City contends, as it did below, that the employee’s motion was untimely filed, and that the trial court had no discretion to award expert witness fees for experts not ordered by the court. Both contentions are without

Between February 2004 and April 2005, Ceridian Corporation (“Ceridian”), then a publicly held company, announced that various accounting errors necessitated multiple amendments and restatements of its published financial statements. The Securities and Exchange Commission began investigating Ceridian’s accounting practices in early 2004. Later that year, numerous class action complaints were

Defendants–Appellants the mayor, town administrator, town clerk, and one of the town council members of Jackson, Wyoming, appeal the district court’s denial of qualified immunity in an employment termination case brought by Plaintiff–Appellee, the former town attorney.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff worked as Jackson, Wyoming’s town lawyer on a contract basis from 1995 to 2005. The mos

Jessica Magyar (to whom we refer in this opinion using her former last name of Houston) lost her job at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (“the Hospital”) after she complained about perceived sexual harassment. She sued the Hospital on the theory that it had violated the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a). Reasoning that the evid

Plaintiffs Grant Spinks, Robert Kovacs, and Michael Exley appeal from two orders entered on March 27, 2006, granting summary judgment to defendant The Township of Clinton (Clinton) and defendant Stephen Clancy (Clancy) dismissing plaintiffs' complaint in its entirety. Plaintiffs' complaint alleged retaliation by defendants in violation of plaintiffs' civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 an

Glenda Williams sued the Seattle Public Schools on hostile workplace and retaliation theories claiming that she was retaliated against after reporting that she was being sexually harassed by principal Method Odoemene.

Rosella Hunt appeals from the district court’s entry of summary judgment against her on her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the Board of Education of the school district that employed her and the superintendent of that school district, Dr. Karen Mantia, alleging that the defendants violated her right to substantive due process by subjecting her to dangerous working conditions in her job as a tea

Carl Sieber appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Jay Carson and Brookshire Grocery Company (the "Company"). In three issues, Sieber contends that the trial court erred in granting a summary judgment. We affirm. * * * In approximately 1986, Sieber became acquainted with Carson. In 1994, Carson approached Sieber about taking Carson's son hunting on Sieber's 165 acre

Respondents are 11 pipe fitters (the pipe fitters) who are former employees of appellant/cross-respondent Fluor Federal Services, Inc. (Fluor), a company with operations on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near the Tri-Cities. The pipe fitters prevailed at trial on their claims of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy based on their allegations that they were discharged for raising

Gina M. Jenkins sued Donald C. Winter,1 Secretary of the Navy (the Navy), End to End, Inc. (ETE), Wesley Jones, and Clayton Hartley for sexual harassment and retaliation. In addition, Jenkins asserted state law claims against Jones and Hartley for assault and battery, and defamation of character. The Navy and ETE moved for summary judgment; the district court granted it. The court also granted Har

Derald Richey was terminated by the City of Independence, Missouri, in May 2004. Richey sued the City and his human resources director, Debra Craig, under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Richey later dropped the Title VII claim and added a claim under the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA). The district court2 granted summary judgment for the City on both remaining claims. Richey v. City of Indepen

Wayne Davis, a State Trooper in Indiana, resigned when 42 years old to take another job. Two months later he decided that he had made a mistake and asked for his old job back. The State Police said no, telling Davis that he was too old—for extroopers seeking reinstatement must “meet all the requirements for police employees as specified in . . . 240 IAC 1-4-3”. 240 Ind. Admin. Code §1-4-18(

Dr. Kevin Renken, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (“University”), filed a complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 asserting Specifically, 1 Renken sued Dr. William Gregory, CEAS Dean, Dr. William Rayburn, Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. John Wanat, University Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Nancy Zimpher, University Chancellor from 1998 until the

Legacy Healthcare, Inc. (Legacy) and its predecessor, Community Care Centers, Inc. (Community), operated a number of long-term care facilities in Indiana. On February 18, 2000, Legacy brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that employees of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) and the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) violated its rights under the Fir

Appellant Agneta Dobos (“Dobos”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment denying her petition for writ of administrative mandate brought against Respondents Voluntary Plan Administrators, Inc., Long Term Disability and Survivor Benefit Plan, and Chief Administrative Office, County of Los Angeles (collectively, “Respondents”).

In her petition, Dobos challenged an administrative dec

Fitzroy Prescott, an African-American male, is a mechanic for the City of Boston ("the City") who applied for a position as General Foreman for the City's Public Works Department. The selection committee -- made up of two white males, one white female, and one African-American male -- unanimously chose Horace Ryder, a white male. Prescott filed suit against the City, and two city supervisors in th

Bonnie Chaloult sued her former employer, Interstate Brands Corporation ("IBC"), alleging she had suffered sexual harassment by her supervisor, Kevin Francoeur, in the six months before she quit her job. The district court entered summary judgment for the employer.

The issue on appeal turns on the affirmative defense available to employers when the harassment is by the plaintiff's

Michael Allen Porter filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. Holly Sells filed an adversary complaint against Porter, seeking to bar the discharge of a judgment debt that she had obtained against him in an employment retaliation case. The bankruptcy court gave collateral estoppel effect to the judgment, finding that the jury in the retaliation case necessarily found that Porte

Jerilyn Lucas claims that her former employer, PyraMax Bank, demoted and ultimately fired her because of her gender in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, see 42 U.S.C. § 2000e to 2000e- 17. Lucas also contends that PyraMax retaliated against her in violation of Title VII, see id. § 2000e-3(a), and that it took adverse employment actions against her because she exercised her

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Christian DeJohn sued Temple University, its former president, David Adamany, and two of his former graduate school professors, Richard H. Immerman and Gregory J.W. Urwin (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Temple” or “the University”) in an eight-count complaint for violations of, inter alia, First Amendment freedom of speech and expression stemming from the University’s Policy on

David Riehm was a high school student who wrote an essay detailing a fantasy murder-suicide inspired by the school shooting that took place at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. He left the essay with his teacher, who read it and reported it to law enforcement. He was taken from his home in Cook County, Minnesota, by court order, underwent a psychiatric evaluation and was released after