Civil Rights, 42 U.S.C. 2000e employment discrimination claim by former black employee of Tulsa's Fine Airport Parking, Inc. Kendall W. Thomas claimed that he was demoted and then terminated from his job because of his race and in retaliation for his opposition to alleged employment practices at the company.

Adolphus Ray Morgan appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of the Regents of the University of California (University) in his employment discrimination action.1 He contends the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because he presented direct evidence that respondent’s failure to rehire him after a layoff was in retaliation for his prior complaint about race discrimina

Sexual harassment and retaliation claims by former Washington High School counselor who claimed that she was subjected to unwelcome sexual advances and touching by the school's principal, Thurman Stephens, during the 1998-99 academic year. She further claimed that Stephens threatened her job security if she would not acquiesce to his advances. After complaining about Stephens' unwelcome acts, sh

Nicole Stiles, previously a stylist in a J.C. Penney, Inc. (Penney) salon, appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in her employment discrimination and retaliation action against her former employer. Upon de novo review, see Brower v. Runyon, 178 F.3d 1002, 1005 (8th Cir. 1999), we conclude the district court properly granted summary judgment for the reasons explai

Turned down in 1986 for a position as an "operator" in Springfield's Department of Public Utilities, Regina McGuire complained to the Illinois Department of Human Rights that she had been the victim of sex discrimination. After considering her claim for an entire decade (!), the idhr entered an order in 1996 directing Springfield to place her in its training program for the operator's po

After receiving anonymous allegations that an employee reasonably suspected to be plaintiff-appellant Gary Leventhal was neglecting his duties in the Accounting Bureau of the New York State Department of Transportation ("DOT"), DOT investigators, without Leventhal's consent, printed out a list of the file names found on Leventhal's office computer. The list of file names contained evidence that ce

UnknownThis appeal stems from plaintiff-appellant Francisco Garcia's dismissal from a New York state medical school, the State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn ("SUNY"), following his repeated failure to successfully complete the first-year medical school curriculum. After his dismissal, Garcia visited a psychologist who subsequently diagnosed him as having attention defic

Dr. Anita Patt sued her former employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. sec. 2000e et seq., alleging gender-based discrimination, a hostile work environment, and retaliation. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of her employer, and Patt appeals. We affirm.

Family Health Plan Cooperative ("Family Health") is a Wisconsin-based health main

Karen Cononie commenced this action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Allegheny General Hospital ("Allegheny") pursuant to Section 15(a)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), 29 U.S.C.  215(a)(3) (2001), alleging that she was fired from her employment in retaliation for filing a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division of the United S

Plaintiff is a Hispanic female who has been employed by DDHS and its predecessor for over twenty years. In 1984, she became the supervisor of DDHS' Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP). In May 1997, O'Rourke became plaintiff's immediate supervisor. Plaintiff alleges that O'Rourke continually treated her in a demeaning and offensive manner because of her national origin, and she alleges tha

Ferro Corporation terminated David Goetzke in August 1997 on the ground that he had defrauded it by exaggerating the extent of a work-related injury. In response to his termination, Mr. Goetzke filed this multi-count action in state court against Ferro and Crawford & Company, a third-party administrator retained through Ferro's insurance carrier to administer worker's compensation claims

Matthew Mann, a flight attendant for Horizon Air Industries, Inc., was ordered by a Horizon supervisor to remove an AFA union pin from his uniform on the second day of his three day work assignment. When Mann refused, Horizon suspended him for the remainder of his work assignment without pay. Mann was AFA's Local Council 17 President at the time. In response to the discipline, AFA filed two

The Supreme Court granted certiorari, reversed this court's prior decision, and remanded for proceedings in accordance with its opinion in Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 121 S. Ct. 1302 (2001). Now that the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., applies to the arbitration agreement in this case, we must decide whether the district court erred in exercising its authority

In this case we determine whether a plaintiff who was formerly involved in an intimate relationship with a co-worker is precluded from bringing a claim against the employer for retaliatory discharge when the plaintiff was fired after reporting her ex-boyfriend's harassing conduct to their employer. The district court granted defendant's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law after a jury f

The issue in this case is whether the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219, permits employees to obtain preliminary injunctive relief restraining further retaliatory conduct by their employer and reinstating them to their former positions. Although the district court found the employers' conduct in this case to be "plainly retaliatory," the court denied the employees' motion for a

Rebecca Lewis filed a pro se complaint in the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Holsum of Fort Wayne, Inc., discriminated against her on the basis of her race, disability, and sex and that she was terminated from her employment with Holsum in retaliation for filing a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") in violation of both the A

Dr. Michael Brandon was employed as an anesthesiologist by Anesthesia & Pain Management Associates (APMA). After discovering that certain APMA doctors seemed to be falsifying the bills they submitted to Medicare, he brought his concerns to the attention of the APMA shareholders. This led in short order first to problems at work and later to his discharge. Believing that the discharge wa

Maureen Little appeals from an order granting summary judgment on her claims of hostile work environment and retaliation in violation of Title VII, and wrongful dis-charge in violation of Washington state law. Because genuine issues of material fact exist on these claims, we reverse the judgment of the district court. We affirm the dismissal of her state law claim of negligent infliction of

Plaintiffs, Nesbit and several other named individuals, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, filed a complaint against Winn-Dixie Raleigh, Inc., in federal district court in North Carolina in 1998, alleging race discrimination in promotions for supervisory positions in Winn-Dixie stores. Winn-Dixie moved to dismiss based on res judicata, claiming that plaintiffs, with the ex

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

[1] In September, 1985, Beverly T. Purrington (Purrington) was hired by the University of Utah as the Program Coordinator at the Women's Resource Center (WRC), at which time Shauna Adix (Adix) served as the WRC Director. In March, 1986, Purrington contends that Adix began sexually harassing her. The harassment consisted of Adix frequently touching Purrington; pressing her body, namely her br

We must decide whether a public employee has qualified immunity from suit for allegedly retaliating against subordinates who accused him of illegally using federal money.

I.

The Sacramento City Unified School District ("District") has a total kindergarten through twelfth grade enrollment of approximately 50,000 students. Defendant Jim Sweeney was hired by the District in August 1994 as

Civil Rights - 42 U.S.C. 2000e - Race and a retaliation claim.

After a three-day trial on remand from this Court, see Graves v. Ark. Dep't of Fin. & Admin., 229 F.3d 721 (8th Cir. 2000) (Graves I), a jury rejected plaintiff Claude Graves's claim that he had been discharged from his tax-auditor position with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration in retaliation for filing a grievance and reporting illegal activity to Richard Weiss, the Direct

In this case we consider an employer's and an employee's duties and obligations under the Family Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2654. Millicent Bailey appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on her claims for interference with her rights under the FMLA, and for retaliatory discharge under Nevada law. Bai-ley contends that her employer, Southwest Gas