The plaintiff, Elizabeth Hayes, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a trial to the court, in favor of the defendants, Yale-New Haven Hospital (hospital), Alvin Johnson and Leo Cooney, in this action in which she alleged that she had been wrongfully discharged from her employment at the hospital.1 On appeal, the plaintiff raises nine issues in support of her conte

April Chapman (Chapman) appeals from a judgment upon a special verdict finding in favor of defendants Bruce Enos (Enos) and the County of Sonoma (County) on her causes of action for sexual harassment and retaliation. The pivotal issue for liability was whether the alleged harasser, Enos, was Chapman's supervisor. Chapman contends that the trial court erroneously modified the standard jury

This action arises from a road rage incident in which an Upland Police Department officer arrested plaintiff Gelza Salazar for felony assault with a deadly weapon, a car.1

The district attorney ultimately filed misdemeanor charges against her for hit-and-run2 and reckless driving.3 The trial court dismissed the criminal charges after plaintiff stipulated to there being probable cause f

Osman Hagi-Salad is a twenty-six year old citizen of strife-torn Somalia. He entered the United States without inspection in 1994 and applied for asylum in March 1995. Following a hearing, the immigration judge (IJ) denied the application, granting Hagi-Salad voluntary departure, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissed his administrative appeal, with an opinion. Hagi-Salad peti

Petitioner Yohannes Habtemicael seeks asylum and withholding of deportation, as well as relief under the Convention Against Torture (Convention). The immigration judge denied relief, and the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed without opinion. Habtemicael appeals. We affirm the denial of asylum and withholding of deportation, but we remand Habtemicael's claim under the Convention for fur

Fred Jackson, an African-American, appeals from the district court's1 order dismissing Jackson's amended complaint and granting summary judgment to his former employer, Rheem Manufacturing Company (Rheem), in this employmentdiscrimination suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e. We affirm.

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In March 2002, Jackson filed a complaint alleging that Rhe

On November 28, 2001, the Town Council for the Town of Kingsford Heights, Indiana, voted to remove John A. Gazarkiewicz from his position as a laborer in the Town's Public Utilities Department. As a

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result, on February 27, 2002, Mr. Gazarkiewicz initiated this action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against the Town of Kingsford

In 2001, Thomas Mattson filed suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging that his employer, Caterpillar, Inc., retaliated against him in response to a charge of sexual harassment that he had filed with the Illinois Department of Human Rights ("IDHR") and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"). The district court granted Caterpillar summary judgment, and

This is an interlocutory appeal from a denial of qualified immunity in a § 1983 action alleging deprivation of procedural due process and First Amendment rights. Plaintiffs-Appellees allege that the individual Defendants-Appellants deprived them of their constitutional rights by terminating their employment without procedural due process and in retaliation for exercise of the Plaintiffs' right

Plaintiff, Carol Stavropoulos, appeals the district court's entry of summary judgment for the Defendant Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia ("Board") on her claim that the Board violated the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a). She also appeals the summary judgment for Defendants Evan Firestone and William Squire

The plaintiff, Dr. Karin Pagel Meiners, Ph.D., appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants on all her claims. Dr. Meiners sued her former employer, the University of Kansas, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., alleging that she was denied tenure in retaliation for her filing of discrimination complaints. She also sued the Univ

Bobby Dry appeals the district court's determination that his former employer, The Boeing Company, did not interfere with his leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., or violate its progressive discipline policy when terminating his employment. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Dry was employed

We are called upon to determine whether a prosecutor is absolutely immune to suits for money damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, where the prosecutor obtained the driver's license records of a wrongly-arrested person and one other, erroneously concluded the second person was actually the wanted party, and shared that (unsworn) opinion with a state judge during a court proceeding. We conclude t

Plaintiff-Appellant Jacquline Block filed suit against her former employer, Kwal-Howells, Inc. ("Kwal"), claiming Kwal discriminated against her on the basis of her sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII") and the Equal Pay Act ("EPA"). Kwal moved for summary judgment, arguing there was no evidence to support a cognizable discrimination claim against Kwal. Aft

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a case filed under the Texas Whistleblower Act. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §§ 554.001-.010 (West 1994 & Supp. 2004). Sherry Blakey sued her former employer, the Texas Department of Health, for allegedly terminating her employment based on her report of violations of law by the Department. Blakey's job at the Department entailed investigating and evalua

1The Honorable Michael J. Davis, United States District Court Judge for the District of Minnesota. Sandra J. Erenberg appeals the district court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment in a case against her former employer, Methodist Hospital, claiming sexual harassment, age discrimination, and retaliatory discharge. We affirm.

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Viewed in the light most favorable to the Plaintiff,

Ms. Jiyan An appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing her claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against her former employer, Regents of the University of California, d/b/a Los Alamos National Laboratory ("Los Alamos"), and her state law claims against two individual Los Alamos employees, Mr. Morton Bradbury, Life Sciences Division Director, and Mr. John Foley,

Following a jury trial, plaintiff Dee Kotla obtained a judgment for wrongful termination against the Regents of the University of California dba the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (the Lab). The primary issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by allowing a human resources management expert to opine that certain facts in evidence were "indicators" that the Lab d

This is an action for prospective and retroactive relief pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging discrimination based on disability, race, and gender. Appellant was an employee of the United States Postal Service from September 1985 through August 1999. On April 29, 1999, Appellant's supervisor requested that Appellant be removed from he

On March 9, 2000, Hanh Ho Tran (Ms. Tran) filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against the Trustees of the State Colleges in Colorado, Metropolitan State College (the College). Ms. Tran's complaint asserted claims against the College for sexual harassment and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. On Jan

In this appeal we consider whether a plaintiff may be sanctioned for declining the opportunity to amend her complaint. We answer in the negative. We also address the pleading standard for discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.1

I. BACKGROUND

Since 1992, Priscilla Edwards has lived in a mobile home2 in the Marin Park development in Greenbrae, Cali

Ellis Crossley filed this Title VII action against his employer, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, alleging race discrimination and retaliation for filing prior litigation. After granting summary judgment to Georgia-Pacific on the race discrimination claims, the district court1 granted Georgia-Pacific's renewed summary judgment motion on the retaliation claim. Specifically, the district court co

The Tool Box, Inc., wishes to open a nude-dancing establishment in Ogden City, Utah, within the boundaries of the Ogden Commercial and Industrial Park (the Industrial Park). Because the Industrial Park is zoned M-2, the location of the establishment would not violate the requirements of the City's ordinance regulating businesses that are sexually oriented (the BSO Ordinance). The Industrial Park i

1The HONORABLE MARK W. BENNETT, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. LaDonna Joens brought this Title VII action against John Morrell & Co. for hostile work environment, sex discrimination, and discriminatory retaliation. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a). The district court1 granted summary judgment for Morrell, dismissing all claims. Joens v. John M

Colleen Kramer sued her former employer, Banc of America Securities, LLC ("BOA"), for, among other things, retaliatory discharge in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. (the "ADA"). After a bench trial, the district court found in favor of BOA. On appeal we must determine whether compensatory and punitive damages are available as a remedy for a reta