Plaintiff-Appellant Nada Raad, an American citizen of Lebanese descent and Muslim faith, appeals the district court's order of summary judgment against her claims of workplace discrimination on the basis of national origin and religion, and her claims of retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Raad's allegations of discrimination s

With this case, this court has inherited a rather complicated procedural history, comprising parallel litigation in state and federal tribunals situated in California. Today, we are asked to disentangle the threads woven by these separate court systems as they have independently sought to resolve the same core conflict. Specifically, our task in the current chapter of the dispute is to de

In 1982, while serving in the Marine Corps, Daugherty was convicted of the following violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: (1) Article 128­assault; (2) Article 134­(a) unlawful entry into quarters and (b) breaking and entering quarters with intent to commit an assault; and (3) Article 134­indecent assault with intent to gratify his lust and/or sexual desires and being drunk and di

Joseph R. Ledbetter appeals from an adverse summary judgment dismissing his federal civil rights and state law complaint(1) against the City of Topeka, Kansas (the "City"), and various officials and employees of that City. The complaint alleged violations by the defendants of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADE

Petitioner seeks review of a decision of the District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission rejecting her claim of retaliation by the housing provider and ordering a rent refund in an amount petitioner contends was inadequate. She also challenges the Commission's denial of her motion to reconsider its decision. A review of the record demonstrates that the Commission dealt carefully and correctl

Betsy Ann Fleischaker (plaintiff) appeals a summary judgment for Robert Headlee (defendant) in an action in which she sought damages for defamation (Count I) and tortious interference with a business expectancy (Count II). (FN1) This court affirms.

Count I of plaintiff's petition alleges that prior to September 1, 1989, she had been employed by Fleming Company, Inc., (Fleming) in Joplin, Mis

Asian American police officer claimed racial discrimination, harassment and retaliation that forced his transfer to another position. Office Nagatoshi worked as a dog handler in the K-9 Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. He claimed that he went through seven years of living hell and lost his career. Nagatoshi, age 40, testified that he was discriminated against by fellow officers. In one

Five Feet Restaurant, Inc., appeals from (1) the judgment after a jury trial awarding former employee and server Karla Jameson the sum of $1,075 for Five Feet's violation of Labor Code section 351; and (2) the permanent injunction issued by the trial court requiring Five Feet to comply with Labor Code section 351. Labor Code Section 351 prohibits an "employer" or "agent" from collecting, ta

The defendants, Goldstream Corporation, Jerry L. Whitton, Gerald D. Whitton, and Bobby G. Whitton, appeal a trial court judgment ordering them to pay $43,548.30 to the plaintiff, Wooldridge Production Company, Ltd., and rejecting the defendants' claims against the plaintiff. For the following reasons, we amend, and as amended, affirm the trial court judgment.

FACTS

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Plaintiff, Nancy Velez, a former employee of the City of Jersey City (the City), alleges that defendant Arnold Bettinger, a Jersey City councilman, sexually assaulted her on December 1, 1997. On November 10, 1999, she filed a complaint asserting various common law tort claims, as well as a claim for sexual harassment under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -49

Plaintiffs appeal from a December 7, 2001 summary judgment order dismissing their personal injury complaint. The action was brought on behalf of a child, Kathryn Buono, who was injured when Michael Scalia, then aged five years and nine months, struck her with the bicycle he was riding. Plaintiffs sued Michael on a theory of direct negligence and sued Michael's parents Alphonse and Lisa Scalia o

This suit arises out of a contentious labor struggle at a garment factory in San Bernardino, California. Twenty-five garment workers ("the workers") brought suit against their union and its officials after the union engaged in secondary pressure to remove work from their factory. The workers alleged that their own union retaliated against them because they sought to have it decertified, i

This case deals with the question of whether a county can be held liable, under Section 1983, when some -- but less than a majority -- of the county's commissioners vote to eliminate a public employee's job for an unconstitutional reason. We conclude that it cannot.

BACKGROUND

This suit arises out of the elimination of Plaintiff Elaine Matthews's ("Plaintiff") job with Defendant C

Plaintiff Elysa Yanowitz was a regional sales manager for defendant L’Oreal USA, Inc. (L’Oreal), a cosmetics and fragrance company. A male L’Oreal executive ordered Yanowitz to fire a female employee in her region because the executive found the employee insufficiently attractive. Yanowitz was asked to get him someone “hot” instead. She asked for a better reason

Plaintiff, an African-American female, was employed by the VA as a nurse from March 18, 1995, until her termination on March 19, 1996. During the year, plaintiff was involved in numerous controversies concerning her training, lab and medication mistakes, friction with coworkers, questions over leave, improper computer access to another employee's file, and her inability to work in a stressful e

Harms was employed as a tax examining assistant by the IRS. The IRS suspended Harms without pay from April 22 through May 1, 1996. On April 17, 1996, Harms filed an individual complaint of discrimination (an "EEO complaint") with the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Complaint Center ("TCC"). Harms' EEO complaint alleged that his suspension was the result of retaliation and discrimination ba

Background The following facts are drawn from the complaint and summary judgment materials. Plaintiff-Appellee Myron Hulen is a tenured faculty member at Colorado State University ("CSU"). He was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Accounting and Taxation (now the Accounting Department) in 1989. His field is taxation. Beginning in 1995, Dr. Hulen cooperated with other m

Kristy Bonham appeals the district court's grant of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (the "Department") plea to the jurisdiction and the final judgment that dismissed her claims against the Department. At issue is whether Bonham's claims against the Department to recover damages related to injuries she sustained after being sexually assaulted at a state jail facility were within the T

Civil rights claim (sexual harassment and unfair treatment) by former Cumberland County Deputy Sheriff against Sheriff Butch Burgess. Howard sought equitable relief, back pay, front pay, compensatory damages, punitive damages, liquidated damages, costs, expert witness fees and attorney fees for the unlawful sex discrimination, age discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation claimed by her.

Defendant U.D. Registry, Inc. (UDR), is a consumer reporting agency that gathers information about unlawful detainer cases and sells it to landlords and other subscribers. Plaintiff Faye Schoendorf, a tenant, filed this action against UDR, alleging that it was providing misleading and incomplete information about her.

UDR moved to strike the complaint under section 425.16 of the Code of Ci

Desi's Pizza, Inc., Desi's Famous Pizza, Inc., Desi's Pizza WP, Inc., D.F.P. Franchising, Inc., Francis Desiderio, and Martin Desiderio (collectively the "plaintiffs") commenced this action against the City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and several city officials. The plaintiffs asserted that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights to due process and equal protection and had

This appeal concerns the availability of a qualified immunity defense for defendant James F. Abromaitis, the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development ("DECD"), who allegedly violated the constitutional rights of plaintiffs African Trade & Information Center, Inc., Mohamoud D. Ahmed, and Alan W. Gates by retaliating against them for exercising their free s

Powdertech, Inc., appeals the trial court's denial of its motion for summary judgment in favor of Kevin Joganic. See footnote Powdertech raises three issues, which we restate as:

Whether the trial court erred by denying Powdertech's motion for summary judgment because Joganic failed to present a cognizable claim of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA");

Whether

Plaintiff-appellant Gayle Higgins appeals from the May 11, 2001 judgment of the district court for the Southern District of New York (William C. Conner, District Judge) granting defendant-appellee Metro-North Railroad Company's motion for summary judgment. Higgins's complaint alleges that her latent multiple sclerosis became symptomatic as a result of stress induced by the verbal and physical hara

Fifteen female plaintiffs (collectively, "Employees") formerly or currently employed as janitors by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board appeal the district court's decisions granting summary judgment in favor of the Board, its individuals members, and James Manley, the Personnel Supervisor for the Board's Maintenance Department (collectively, the "Board"). In granting summary judgment, th