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

In this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a magistrate judge denied defendants Joseph Surdyka and Boyd Stephens's pretrial motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. After trial, the jury returned a damage verdict against Surdyka and Stephens. The magistrate judge denied Surdyka and Stephens's post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law based on qualified immunity, but ordered

Plaintiff-Appellant Donna Mitani filed this suit against her former employer, Defendant-Appellee IHC Health Services, Inc., d/b/a Utah Valley Regional Medical Center ("IHC"), in the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Mitani alleged sex discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., ("Title VII"). The district court granted summary judgment in favor

Supervisors implemented World Class Service delivery reviews for reports of recommended goals of route with clients sex based establishments, through correspondence, notes, calendars, print flyers, notices, written telephone messages, (including any information stored on a computer) Further, plaintiff encountered sex-based harassment, forced to view sexually explicit pornographic material displaye

Plaintiff-appellant Stephen J. Kearney, a police officer, repeatedly took issue with his employer, the Town of Wareham (the Town), over the extent of the Town's obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219 (FLSA). He asserts that the Town and its hierarchs, angered because he had prevailed in those disputes, cashiered him. Claiming illegal retaliation, he sued the Town, its

Pro Se Plaintiff Curtis L. Murray appeals a district court order granting Defendants' summary judgment motions. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. Defendants City of Tahlequah and Cherokee County Board of Commissioners filed separate summary judgment motions. After Murray failed to file a timely response to either motion, the district court granted the motions pursuant to Eastern District of Oklahoma Local R

Wanda L. Bowen (Bowen), a white female, worked as a case worker with the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS). Bowen resigned after complaining she was subjected to a racially hostile work environment. Bowen thereafter filed a Title VII lawsuit against both the DSS and the Missouri State Workers' Union (SWU), alleging a racially hostile work environment, retaliation, and constructive

This case involves a dispute over land use between landowner Dennis Dubuc ("Appellant") and Green Oak Township (the "Township"), where the land is located. This dispute has taken numerous forms, lasted many years, and involved multiple judicial decisions by various courts. In its present manifestation, the parties opposing Appellant are Green Oak Township, Green Oak Township Zoning Board of Appeal

Appellant Spencer Abraham, Secretary of the Department of Energy, appeals from a district court judgment awarding Carlos Villescas, a federal employee, $50,000 in compensatory damages for emotional distress, and $152,530.85 in attorney's fees and costs on a retaliation claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 633a (ADEA). The narrow dispositive question is whether 29 U.S

Mr. Freeman began working for United as a mechanic in 1987. According to Mr. Freeman, he complained to his supervisor (Dave Szasbos) about the handling and storage of hazardous wastes on numerous occasions throughout 1997 and 1998. During this same period of time, Mr. Freeman also complained about United's recycling of freon canisters, in violation of Department of Transportation regulations, and

Robert Cook is a tenured Associate Professor of Engineering in the College of Engineering and Technology, in the Department of Construction Systems Technology (CST), at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska (UNL). He has been employed at the University since 1986. Maher Tadros became the interim chair of the CST department in January 1999 and as such was Cook's immediate supervisor.

Plaintiff brought a retaliatory discharge action against defendant, alleging that defendant wrongfully discharged him in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim. The action proceeded to a jury trial, where plaintiff presented evidence that defendant's method of paying him violated the Wage Act (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 2000)). Plaintiff's counsel, during his examination of Linda F

In 1995, Dr. Jon Green was hired as Superintendent of the South Dakota School for the Deaf, where Kathy J. Freeman worked as a houseparent supervisor. Dr. Green gradually instituted changes that were consistent with the recommendations of an outside consultant but that alienated long-standing members of the staff. In 1995 and 1996, Freeman complained to the School's equal employment officer th

Mary Elizabeth Newbold filed suit against her former employer, the Wisconsin State Public Defender (WSPD), alleging discrimination and retaliation based on her age and sex. The district court granted summary judgment for the WSPD after concluding that Newbold filed her case too late to meet the statute of limitations on her claims and that the limitations period should not be equitably toll

This action arises from the circumstances underlying the investigation and arrest of Dahl by several police officers employed by the City of Dothan. The events leading up to Dahl's arrest began on December 12, 1997, when Sgt. Jim Holley received a tip from confidential informant Rustin McCardle that Dahl's son was in possession of illicit drugs. Based on McCardle's tip, Holley stopped and searched

De Miño brought this suit against Alvarez alleging, among other things, tortious interference with his employment and seeking to enjoin Alvarez from interfering with De Miño's employment and business relationships. De Miño's petition alleged that he lost his job with the University of Houston after Alvarez lodged a harassment complaint against him in retaliation for De Miño's appearance as an int

Donnell W. Durley was discharged from his employment with Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (Anheuser-Busch), after he incurred three unexcused absences following a history of discipline for unexcused absences. Durley brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq., and Missouri law, claiming that he had been retaliated against for filin

Appellant Thomas A. Regner, an airline mechanic employed by respondent Northwest Airlines, Inc., was fired after he filed reports of alleged safety violations with the Federal Aviation Administration. Regner sued under the Whistleblower Act, Minn. Stat. § 181.932, subd. 1(a), contending that he was fired for making the reports. In this appeal from a summary judgment for Northwest, Regner challen

Thomas Jacobs appeals an adverse grant of summary judgment on his claims against the United Steelworkers of America (USWA). Jacobs claims the USWA discriminated against him based on his age, race, and national origin, and that it retaliated against him for raising complaints about discrimination. We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, viewing the facts in the light most favorable to

This is a civil rights action in which the plaintiff claims that three police officers employed by the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, arrested him without probable cause and in retaliation for his having insulted one of the officers. He further claims that the officers used excessive force. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of both the officers and the remaining defendants, the

In his original complaint, Mr. Maegdlin captioned his sole count against the local union "Breach of Duty of Fair Representation." After the district court granted the local union's unopposed motion for a more definite statement of that claim, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(e), Mr. Maegdlin filed an amended complaint. Mr. Maegdlin's amended complaint deleted the breach of duty count, and substituted in

Susan Cooper Houben's dispute with her former employer Telular Corporation about commissions it owed her is making its second ap-pearance before this court. The first time, we affirmed a jury's decision to award Houben $98,364 for Telular's failure to pay her commissions due under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (IWPCA), 820 ILCS 115/1, et seq., but declined to resolve whether T

In August 1987, Jeanette McKay began working as a teller for Ireland Bank in Preston. McKay continued to work there until May 1998, when she was terminated. During her employment with the bank, McKay performed her work in a satisfactory manner and received regular performance raises. At all times during her employment, McKay was an employee at will. In March 1998, McKay had a discussion with

Plaintiff claimed that the photographs introduced by Home Depot were not of the place where she fell. Retaliation claim by former Queen's Hospital employee who claimed that he was banner from the hospital laboratory by defendant and that a letter was written to Immigration and Naturalization Service withdrawing the hospital's support for his permanent visa application. Plaintiff had previously co

Loretta Page, an Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) officer, appeals the district court's * adverse rulings in her employment discrimination case. Having reviewed the parties' arguments, we affirm.

First, Page contends the district court committed error when it dismissed Page's employment discrimination claims against her supervisors Larry Norris and James T. Banks. Because supervisors