6 Greenway is a Montana corporation located in Helena, Montana. Tony Casiano (“Casiano”) was hired by Greenway as a construction laborer in October 1997. On April 27, 1998, Casiano completed Greenway’s six month probationary period. During Casiano’s employment at Greenway, he worked on several projects, including the construction of a surgical center next to St. Peter

Anna Wells claimed that her former employer, Unisource Worldwide, Inc., discriminated against her because of her race (African American) in transferring her job assignment from the state of Illinois to the state of Wisconsin. Wells also argues that Unisource discriminated against her when it refused to offer her other positions within the company after she declined to accept the transfer

Joseph Simmons became the first African-American treasurer of the Chicago Board of Education in October 1995, shortly after his unsuccessful run for city alderman. Less than nine months later he was demoted. He sued the Board claiming that his demotion was illegally based on his race and political activities. The Board counters that it terminated Simmons essentially for micromanaging his

This is the fourth action that plaintiff has brought against her former employer, the City of Portland, and her former supervisor, Robert Phillips. In this action, plaintiff alleged that the City had discriminated against her because she was a woman and that it had retaliated against her for complaining about its employment practices. She also alleged that Phillips had assaulted her. The trial cou

Appellants Joyce Jacob-Mua (Jacob-Mua), Ned Klopfenstein (Klopfenstein), and Mee-Sook Kim (Kim) appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the government. The district court concluded appellants failed to present prima facie cases of disparate treatment, hostile work environment, and retaliation. We affirm the opinion of the district court.1

I. BACKGROUND

The district

This is a case of first impression evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence to support a claim for intentional failure to supervise clergy as established by Gibson v. Brewer, 952 S.W.2d 239 (Mo. banc 1997). Saundra Weaver was a minister of Mariah Walker congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) from 1990 until December 1996. Ronald Williams was a pastor of the AME church whe

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Cottman, an African-American, has be

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Joseph Bryant, Sr., appeals the district court's decision dismissing on summary judgment his claim seeking enforcement of an arbitration award won by Bryant against his employer, Bell Atlantic Maryland, Inc., and Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. (collectively "Bell Atlantic"). Bryant also appeals the district court's decision dismissing on summary judgment his claims of employment discrim

Plaintiff-Appellant, Herman Raggs (Raggs), filed suit against Defendant- Appellee, Mississippi Power & Light Company (MP&L), alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, which arose from his 1996 layoff by MP&L and its subsequent failure to rehire him in 1999. The magistrate judge presiding over the trial granted MP&L

After the North Newton School Corporation ("School") terminated his employment, plaintiff Brian Vukadinovich brought a lawsuit against the Board of School Trustees of the North Newton School Corporation ("School Board") and various school officials under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983. Vukadinovich alleged that the defendants violated his First Amendment rights by firing him in retaliation for his

Defendants James Bowen and M.T. Woodcock appeal from the March 31, 2000, judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Lawrence E. Kahn, Judge) in favor of plaintiff Pamela J. Phillips. A trial jury found that defendants, who were plaintiff's work supervisors, retaliated against Phillips after she exercised her First Amendment rights, but the same jury rejecte

This appeal addresses the responsibility of an employer toward an employee who has taken leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"). Kathy Hunt appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing her claims that her former employer, the Rapides Healthcare System, L.L.C. d/b/a Winn Parish Medical Center ("Medical Center"), violated her FMLA rights and retaliated against her

1 This is an appeal from judgment on jury verdict entered in favor of Plaintiff, Mazzio''s Corporation (Mazzio''s), in an action alleging malicious prosecution in relation to the filing and prosecution of lawsuits in state and federal court by Defendant attorney Thomas Bright. The underlying lawsuits were filed against Mazzio''s by Bright on behalf of his client, Defendant Robin Burch, who alleged

{1} In this civil rights action claiming retaliatory termination from employment for exercising First Amendment rights, Defendants, the New Mexico Junior College (NMJC), its Board, and several of its officials, appeal from two orders partially denying their motions for summary judgment. Although the district court's orders are only partly favorable to his interests, Plaintiff Don Leach has not

The state sovereign immunity provision of the Eleventh Amendment, ratified in 1795 to overrule Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 419 (1793), prohibits Congress from directing the federal courts to hear suits by citizens against a state or its executive, legislative or judicial departments.(1) On the other hand, the Fourteenth Amendment in Section 5, ratified 73 years later, partially abrogates

This appeal is taken from the district court's Memorandum and Order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's claims of employment discrimination and retaliation. See Robleado v. Deffenbaugh Indus., Inc., 136 F. Supp. 2d 1179 (D. Kan. 2001). The underlying facts are outlined in the district court's thorough and detailed opinion. The court followed the familiar burden-shifting

Monica Peyton, a former employ- ee of the Government Printing Office ("GPO"), brought this action against Michael F. DiMario, in his official capacity as Public Printer of the United States, alleging employment discrimination pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. ss 2000e, et seq. Peyton's hostile work environment claim and retaliation claim were tried to a j

Plaintiff Osband J. Holmes appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant Boeing Company, which was his former employer. Plaintiff alleges that defendant violated the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654 (Supp. 1998), when it terminated his employment after he had taken medical leave. Our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

I. Backgro

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John Strahan, a sergeant in the Washoe County, Nevada Sheriff’s Office, was investigated, disciplined, demoted and transferred. He filed a federal lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Washoe County and its sheriff, Richard Kirkland, claiming that the adverse employment action violated the First Amendment because it was in retaliation for his association with biker enthusiasts in a mo

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