Retaliation Law
 
Laxmi Sarwal v. Anthony Principi, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs

Laxmi Sarwal appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant Anthony Principi on retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq. Sarwal fails to present a prima facie case of reprisal, and we therefore AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

Sarwal worked as a Staff Assistant in the Women's Health Center within the Veterans Affairs

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Shawn Carpenter Sandia Laboratories

Shawn Carpenter, a cyber-security analyst at the Sandia National Laboratories, sued the Lab, for firing him in retaliation for taking security information to the FBI. Carpenter took information about stolen documents regarding U.S. troop movements, body armor and other information to the FBI.

The defenses asserted by Defendant are not available.

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Scott Jones v. The Lodge At Torrey Pines Partnership, et al.

Plaintiff Scott Jones went to trial against defendants The Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership (The Lodge) and Jean Weiss (collectively defendants) on causes of action under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code,1 § 12900 et seq.) for sexual orientation discrimination against The Lodge and retaliation against The Lodge and Weiss. After entering judgment on a verdi

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The Cadle Company v. Jan R. Schlichtmann, et al.

We examine in this case the extent to which G.L. c. 231, § 59H, popularly known as the "anti-SLAPP" [FN2] statute, effectively shields one party in an ongoing legal dispute from liability for the publication of allegedly defamatory statements concerning the opposing party. The Cadle Company (Cadle) filed a multi-count complaint in the Superior court seeking damages and declaratory and injunctiv

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Winn-Dixie, Inc. v. David A. Reddick & James A. Stokes

Appellant appeals the trial court's order awarding appellees attorney's fees and costs associated with their lower court action for employment discrimination, which was filed pursuant to the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 (FCRA), as amended. See §§ 760.01-760.11, Fla. Stat. On appeal, appellant presents three arguments for reversal. First, appellant argues that the trial court erred by a

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Quintina Deschenie v. Board of Education of Central Consolidated School District No. 22, et al.

Quintina Deschenie, a former employee of Central Consolidated School District ("CCSD"), sued the CCSD Board of Education and individual members of the Board and district administration (collectively, the "Board" or "School Board") pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In her complaint, she alleged the defendants took adverse employment actions against her in retaliation for engaging in speech protected

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Randy Vergos v. Julie McNeal

Plaintiff Randy Vergos, who alleges he was sexually harassed in his employment at the University of California at Davis (UCD), filed a civil rights claim against the manager who denied his administrative grievances--defendant Julie McNeal (acting director of UCD's Facilities Services Department1). McNeal appeals from the trial court's order denying her motion to strike plaintiff's third

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Ulysses J. Hudson v. Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security

Ulysses Hudson sued the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security claiming that DHS retaliated against him after he complained of harassment and discrimination. Hudson, a black Intelligence Research Specialist, originally sued the agency in 2001, claiming racial harassment by managers and co-workers, which took the form of racial comments, putting nails in his tires, and treating him as

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Gul Roney v. Illinois Department of Transportation

This case concerns the second Title VII suit brought by Gul Roney, of Indian descent, against his former employer, the Illinois Department of Transportation ("IDOT"). In the first suit, filed in 1995, a jury found that Roney had not been the subject of unlawful retaliation by IDOT. We affirmed that verdict in Roney v. Illinois Department of Transportation, No. 98- 1298, 1999 WL 691165 (7

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Yong-Qian Sun v. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, et al.

The University of Illinois did not grant Yong-Qian Sun tenure after numerous committees and faculty members considered his case. Alleging various procedural irregularities and nefarious motives, Sun filed suit against the Board of Trustees of the University as well as members of its faculty. After the defendants' counsel failed to comply with discovery and the court granted several motio

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Patricia Burlin Tuttle v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

Plaintiff Patricia Burlin Tuttle appeals from the district court's entry of judgment as a matter of law in favor of Defendant, stemming from Defendant's termination of Plaintiff's employment. Following a full trial on the merits, which resulted in a jury verdict in favor of Tuttle in the amount of $199,200.00, the district court granted Defendant's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of

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Hedrick G. Humphries v. CBOCA West, Inc.

Hedrick Humphries filed a suit alleging claims of discrimination and retaliation under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against CBOCS West, Inc., based upon his discharge as an associate manager at one of defendant's Cracker Barrel restaurants. After dismissing Humphries's Title VII claims as procedurally barred, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of CBOCS West, Inc. (her

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Transito Trujillo v. Board of Education of the Albuquerque Public Schools, et al.

Defendant Lt. Col. Mark Mayerstein appeals from the district court's order denying his motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity on plaintiff Transito Trujillo's First Amendment retaliation claim. I. Jurisdiction

We must first address the basis for this court's jurisdiction. A district court's denial of a defendant's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immu

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Bernard C. Buse, Jr. v. Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, et al.

Bernard C. Dusé, Jr. appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Barnes & Noble, Inc. ("Barnes & Noble") on his employment discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (2000), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 to 634 (2000). D

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John D. Light v. Charles B. Haws, et al.

Before us is an appeal by Charles B. Haws, Assistant Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP"), from the order of the District Court denying his motion for summary judgment on the ground of absolute prosecutorial immunity in this action brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Light v. Haws, No. 03-cv- 0725, 2005 WL 2230026 (M.D. Pa.

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Jennifer Green v. Board of County Commissioners, Canadian County, State of Oklahoma, et al.

Jennifer Green appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants in her employment-related 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state-law action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we AFFIRM in part and REVERSE in part.

I.

Ms. Green was employed at Canadian County's Juvenile Justice Center as a drug-lab technician and detention officer. Her primary duties were in th

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. PVNF, L.L.C., D/b/a Big Valley Auto and Chuch Daggett Motors

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") seeks reversal of the District Court's entry of judgment as a matter of law in favor of Defendant-Appellee PVNF, LLC d/b/a "Chuck Daggett Motors" ("CDM") on its claims of sex discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., as well as the District Court's award of attorney's fees to CD

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Sheryl Paloni v. City of Albuquerque Police Department

Former Albuquerque Police Officer Sheryl Paloni sued the City of Albuquerque Police Department ("City" or "Department"), claiming various violations of Title VII, state law constructive discharge, and First Amendment retaliatory discharge. The district court determined Paloni had not demonstrated a genuine issue of material fact whether she had suffered an adverse employment action. The distric

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Mark Howard v. County of Las Animas, et al.

This Title VII employment discrimination case involves three consolidated appeals. (1) In appeal number 05-1294, from which the other two appeals stem, Mark Howard, a white male, challenges the district court's May 20, 2005, review of the magistrate judge's denial of his motion to amend his complaint to add additional claims against Las Animas County. He also challenges the court's grant of sum

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Bridget Hayes v. State of IowaState of Iowa

Bridget Hayes sued the State of IowaState of Iowa on a civil rights theory claiming that she was sexually discrminated against when she was fired as chief juvenile court officer of the 3rd Judicial District in 2001 as retaliation for her complaints of sexual discrimination and sexual harassment.

Defendant claimed that Hayes was fired because she was not competent.

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United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Chase) today announced the $2.2 million settlement of a claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Bank One Corporation.

The EEOC issued an administrative determination on March 11, 2004, finding that there was reasonable cause to believe that Bank One violated the ADA by failing t

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Ulysses Hudson v. Department of Homeland Security

Ulysses Hudson sued the Department of Homeland Security for retaliating against him after he complained about discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. Hudson also alleged DHS discriminated against him based on his disability by taking away a workplace accommodation and then refusing to give him another workplace accommodation so he could return to work.

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Joyce D. Stallings v. Progene Biomedical IBT Reference Lab

Joyce Stallings filed a pro se complaint alleging her employer, Progene Biomedical IBT Reference Lab (Progene), subjected her to discrimination on the Stallings' complaint alleges Progene discriminated against her "because of 1 plaintiff's handicap; failed to accommodate or otherwise make provisions to plaintiff as required by law." (Doc. 1, 19.) However, there is no mention of a disability i

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Joyce D. Stallings v. Progene Biomedical IBT Reference Lab

>{?Joyce Stallings filed a pro se complaint alleging her employer, Progene Biomedical IBT Reference Lab (Progene), subjected her to discrimination on the basis of her race, sex, age and, perhaps, a disability. She also claimed she was discharged in retaliation for her opposition to such discrimination. Progene filed a motion for summary judgment which the district court granted on November 2,

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Emmet Jordan v. City of Cleveland

Emmet Jordan sued the City of Cleveland for discriminating against him because of his race in violation of 42 USC 2000e and retaliating against him for complaining about the discrimination. Jordan, who is black, claimed that supervisorS retaliated against him after he complained of hostile and racist work conditions. JORDAN WAS GRANTED A DISABILITY RETIREMENT UNDER OHIO STATUTE BECAUSE OF THE R

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