Brian E. Conner, M.D. ("Conner") applied for reappointment to the medical staff of Salina Regional Health Center ("SRHC"). The privately-owned hospital referred the matter to its peer review panel, which recommended denial of the application. SRHC affirmed the panel and this lawsuit followed. Finding that SRHC's decision to deny Conner's application could not be fairly attributable to the state

Employment discrimination claim - 42 U.S.C. 2000e - Plaintiff originally made claims for sex and age discrimination, breach of contract, public policy discharge, ERISA violations and FMLA retaliation. All were either dismissed or abandoned and the case went to trial on age discrimination only.

The plaintiff, Joseph Ledbetter, filed this pro se civil rights action against the City of Topeka, Kansas and certain of its officials, alleging that the defendants violated the Fourth Amendment by arresting him on an invalid warrant and unlawfully searching his backyard. Mr. Ledbetter also alleged violations of his First Amendment rights and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.

In this case, James D. Downing, a former employee in the campus police department of the University of Alabama at Birmingham seeks equitable relief and damages against the University's Board of Trustees ("the Board") under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2(a)(1) and 2000e-3(a) (1), as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 42 U.S.C. § 1981a, on the grounds that his

Plaintiffs, current and former employees of the City of Salem, Oregon, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants violated their First Amendment rights by retaliating against them for publicly disclosing health and safety hazards. The magistrate judge, hearing the case with the permission of the parties, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment after finding that most

New World Communications of Tampa, Inc., d/b/a WTVT-TV, a subsidiary of Fox Television, challenges a judgment entered against it for violating Florida's private sector whistle-blower's statute, section 448.102, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1998). We reverse.

In December 1996, WTVT hired the appellee, Jane Akre, and her husband, Steve Wilson, as a husband-and-wife investigative reporting team. Sho

This case involves the right of an employee to take family and medical leave to care for a family member with a serious medical condition. We hold that under the California Family Rights Act (“CFRA”), an employee who leaves work to travel with and care for a family member with a serious health condition is not entitled to leave when the family member decides, in spite of her seri

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Lawrence Edward Thompson appeals from the district court's dismissal of his action against Victor Rodriguez, chairman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, and other defendants. Thompson, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, alleged that Rodriguez and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, among other things, violated his civil right

This is an appeal in an employment discrimination case. There is a nursery rhyme that teaches "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me." Such is a lesson particularly doubtful in the workplace, as illustrated by this case, because alleged epithets and demeaning invective directed at a plaintiff by his or her superiors or co-workers can, if believed by a factfinder, subje

Former law clerk Brian Sheppard appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment to his former employer, Judge Leon Beerman. In an earlier opinion in this case, we noted that the First Amendment protects the eloquent and the insolent alike. Plaintiff has now conducted ample discovery, but has failed to create a genuine issue of material fact as to Judge Beerman's intent in terminating h

Ms. Loretta Castille brings this pro se appeal challenging the district court's dismissal of her discrimination action against her former employer, Compliance Solutions Occupational Trainers, Inc. We affirm the district court and deny Ms. Castille's motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

Ms. Castille brought an action against Compliance Solutions contending it violated Title VII's

Tod N. Rockefeller, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of his former employer, the United States Department of Energy (Department), on each of the claims in his complaint. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

Rockefeller was employed by the Department as an environmental specialist. The Department terminated Rock

Civil Rights Claim - 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim by Linda Ricker who claimed that the Cole Camp Board of Education fired her in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment right to free speech. In 2001, she raised concerns in closed session about the handling of sexual harassment complaints in the district, as well as alleged discriminatory practices. The Board refused to renew her contract even thoug

Plaintiff Karen McCrary appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants on her claims of age discrimination, retaliation, and harassment, disability discrimination and retaliation, equal protection and due process violations, breach of contract, outrageous conduct, and constructive discharge.(1) We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and, finding no error in the distr

Plaintiff Patrick Cosgrove appeals from a summary judgment order that dismissed his whistle blower claim under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA). His complaint had originally challenged several employment actions taken by the Cranford Board of Education (Board) and supervisory employees and alleged age discrimination in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) as

Wilkes worked as a compliance officer for the Wyoming DOE, Fair Labor Standards Division, from 1990 until March 2000 when she was allegedly constructively discharged. Wilkes applied for a position as lead compliance officer in 1999, but the position was awarded to an employee who had worked as a compliance officer for less than six months, i.e., a probationary employee. Ac

Plaintiff Kenneth Rossignol brought suit against defendants for their organized efforts to suppress the distribution of the election day issue of plaintiff Island Publishing Company's newspaper, St. Mary's Today. Plaintiffs sought damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Maryland Constitution, and Maryland common law. The district court granted summary judgment to defendan

Plaintiff-Appellant Hunter S. Timmons, a former employee at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Oklahoma ("McAAP"), appeals from the judgment of the district court denying his motion for partial summary judgment and granting summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Army ("Defendant"). Mr. Timmons argues that the district court erred because, as a federal employee who has sec

Boise Cascade Office Products, Inc. ("Boise") is a nationwide distributor of thousands of office products manufactured by hundreds of vendors. In February 1998, Boise and Honeywell, Inc. entered into a Master Agreement establishing terms and procedures whereby Honeywell offices located throughout the United States and Canada could purchase office products from Boise. The terms of the Agreement

Defendant Management and Training Corporation appeals from orders in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas awarding compensatory damages, back pay, and prejudgment interest to Plaintiff Randall B. Godinet for intentional employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Right Act of 1964.(1) Plaintiff, a Samoan male formerly employed at Defendant's Flint Hills

This matter comes on before this court on defendant-appellant L.L. Bean's appeal from the district court's order entered November 8, 2001, denying its motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, for a new trial. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the order of the district court and uphold the jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee Eileen Crowley.

I. BACKGROUND

This case began when John Dirrane, a police officer in the Brookline Police Department, brought a civil action to recover for alleged retaliation against him for reporting abuses in the police force, primarily within his own unit. Certain of the individual defendants counterclaimed for defamation. The district court ultimately dismissed all claims--some on a motion to dismiss and some on summary j

Plaintiff-appellant, Susan Rafferty ("Rafferty"), brings this appeal on behalf of herself and her child, Emily Rafferty ("Emily"). Rafferty appeals the district court's summary judgment order in favor of defendants-appellees, the Cranston Public School Committee; Robert Mattis, the Special Education Director; Joseph Herbold, the Director of Guidance; and Peter McWalters, the Commissioner of the Rh

Peace officers and firefighters sometimes put in for a disability retirement based on "mental incapacity" where the alleged incapacity derives fundamentally from the fact that they aren't getting along with their colleagues. The "incapacity" is manifested in some fear about the way fellow officers will behave toward them in the future. (E.g., Haywood v. American River Fire Protection Dist. (19

The Plaintiff, Marcia Dias, filed a complaint in the District Court for the First Judicial District in Lewis and Clark County in which she sought damages from the Defendant, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, Inc., for wrongful discharge from employment and for unpaid wages, pursuant to §§ 39-3-201 through 217, MCA, wage and hour claim. Following trial the jury found that Dias was wrongfully discha