Marjati Winarto was laid off from her job with Toshiba America Electronic Components. She sued the company and some of her managers and co-workers in federal district court, raising claims of illegal retaliation, disability discrimination, and civil rights violations, among others. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Winarto; awarded her $93,000 in compensatory damages; and found that the

This matter is before the court on an appeal from the district court's denial of several motions filed by appellant American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ("AFSCME"). AFSCME's motions sought judgment as a matter of law, a new trial, and remittitur. The plaintiff, Jeremias Silva, worked at one time as a union organizer for AFSCME. He brought several claims against AFSCME: (1)

While on duty as a patrol officer of the East St. Louis police, Draphy Durgins and two colleagues took time out for horseplay. Aubrey Keller threw some of Durgins's bullets on the floor. She responded by swiping some of Keller's bullets, and he then took her knife. Missing equipment or ammunition can cause problems if the department holds a surprise inspection, and when one was held Kell

Plaintiff-Appellee Dr. Tariq Ahmed brought suit in federal district court against Defendants-Appellants Washington Department of Social and Health Services ("DSHS") and two of its supervisory employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violation of his First Amendment rights. He ultimately won a jury verdict for $8,026,009. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291,

Wright, an engineer, worked for Viktron as a cam operator from March 1995 to October 20, 1995, when she was involuntarily terminated. During the course of Wright's employment, she came under the supervision of Steve Underwood. Wright and Underwood "butted heads" on numerous occasions, Wright responding with defiance to Underwood's heavy-handed, belittling, and aggressive manner. Wright complained

This appeal presents the issue of whether a written agreement between an employee and employer to settle all employment-related disputes exclusively through binding arbitration remains enforceable after a provision within the agreement is found invalid. The District Court concluded that the inclusion of the invalid provision rendered the entire arbitration agreement unenforceable. We reverse.

Rita Carroll appeals the district court's 1 adverse grant of summary judgment in her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Fredrick Pfeffer, a police officer in Omaha, Nebraska. We affirm.

Carroll filed a lawsuit against Officer Pfeffer for his conduct which she alleges was in retaliation for her complaints to city and police officials about an altercation between Officer Pfeffer and Carroll's a

Anna Nieto, Betty DeLosSantos, Patrick Sanchez, Sally Netsch, Phyllis DeBaun, and Mary Gonzales brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against Dr. Quadrat Kapoor, the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center ("ENMMC"), and a number of ENMMC supervisors. Plaintiffs asserted the denial of their Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection of the laws, violation of their First Amendment right to free e

Richard Hanson filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VII complaint claiming sexual harassment, retaliation, and deprivation of due process by his former employer, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (Department). After a two-day trial, a jury found for the Department on Hanson’s harassment and retaliation claims, and the district court 1 found for the Department on the due process clai

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) appeals an award of attorney's fees to Valerie Thomas, a successful plaintiff in a discrimination action against the NFLPA, and the denial of costs against Rita Raymond and Julie Taylor- Bland,1 unsuccessful plaintiffs in the same action. For the reasons set out below, we affirm the fee award to Thomas and remand for entry of a

Alyson D. Grant (Grant) contends that the trial court committed error by granting May Department Store’s (Hecht’s) motion for summary judgment dismissing her claims for denial of reasonable accommodations due to a disability and retaliation, both alleged to be in violation of the District of Columbia Human Rights Act (DCHRA). We affirm in part, and reverse in part.

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UnknownBarbara Wright brought an action in Wayne County Circuit Court in Michigan against the defendants, alleging race and sex discrimination under Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 37.2101-.2804 (2001). The defendants removed the action to the federal district court according to 28 U.S.C. § 1441 (2000) on the theory that the case involved issues of federal law, spec

William M. Aldrup appeals an adverse summary judgment on his claims of retaliation under Title VII, discrimination under the ADA, and error committed by the Merit Systems Protection Board. For the reasons assigned, we affirm.

Background

The present action concerns the involuntary removal of Aldrup from his employment as a firefighter by the United States Army. During his fifteen years of e

Gail Johnson appeals a grant of summary judgment to Nordstrom, Inc. on her Title VII claims of employment discrimination, retaliation and constructive discharge. We affirm.

I.

Johnson was hired in 1995 to work as a salesperson in the cosmetics department at Nordstrom's retail department store in downtown Indianapolis. Six months after she was hired, Johnson was transferred to

Shirley Curd appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment to Hank’s Discount Furniture (Hank’s), in her lawsuit under Arkansas state law and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Title VII). Curd also challenges the dismissal of another lawsuit that she brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1985. We affirm both judgments.

Hank’s, which

Elizabeth Bergene and her husband, Bradley1, appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of their former employer, the Salt River Project ("SRP"), on her claims of retaliation and sex discrimination in the denial of a promotion and constructive discharge on account of an intolerable work environment. The district court ruled in favor of SRP on the retaliation and discrimination claims on t

Krista Bollman sued Rocky Cola Café, Wally Curry, a partner in the business, and shift managers Christopher Vitolo and Angela Henderson. Her complaint asserted causes of action for sexual harassment, retaliation for reporting sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, wrongful termination and negligent hiring and supervision.

The complaint alleged that a s

Mark A. Williams, Sr., appeals from the district court’s dismissal with prejudice of his Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claims, and the dismissal without prejudice of his defamation claim. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

On October 12, 1999, Mr. Williams was terminated from his position as a corrections officer for the Jackson County Department of Corrections, allegedly for fa

On February 2, 1998, the Board of Commissioners of the Mansfield Municipal Electric Department voted not to renew the contract of the Department's manager, John Larch. Larch filed a complaint against the Department under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 185(b) (the "Whistleblower Statute"), and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his employment had been unlawfully terminated in retaliation for his refusal t

Pro se plaintiff, Richard T. Parmlee, Sr., ("Parmlee") brings this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000e17, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621, et seq. Plaintiff filed a second complaint regarding the claims at issue in this case on October 27, 2001. See Parmlee v. State of Connecticut Department of Revenue Servs., et al., Doc. N

In these consolidated appeals, defendant Detroit Police Officers Victor Jones and Shontae Jennings appeal as of right a judgment totaling $3,808,500 entered for damages allegedly sustained by plaintiffs as a result of a firebombing of their home.

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The gravamen of plaintiffs' complaint was that plaintiff Joseph Smith made a 911 call reporting suspicious activity in the alley near plaint

Respondent Dianne Hoover filed suit against appellants Norwest Private Mortgage Banking, a division of Norwest Funding, Inc., Norwest Mortgage, Inc., and Connie McCullough[4] (collectively, Norwest) in Hennepin County District Court asserting claims of negligent supervision and breach of contract as well as claims of discriminatory discharge, failure to make reasonable accommodations, and reprisal

Parshotam Chahil appeals from a district court order granting summary judgment to his employer, the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (the "Agency"), and dismiss- ing Chahil's complaint alleging unlawful employment discrimination. Chahil raises five issues on appeal: (1) whether the district court abused its discretion by granting summary judgment on the Agency's motio

Until his March 1, 1999 resignation, Michael Hakim was a debt collector at the Schaumburg, Illinois facility of Outsourcing Collection Services, Inc. (formerly Payco-General American Credits, Inc.) ("Payco"), a subsidiary ofOutsourcing Solutions, Inc. ("OSI"). Soon after he left Payco, Hakim filed a charge with the Cook County Commission on Human Rights ("CHR"), claiming discrimination o

Posner, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff in this Title VII case appeals from a series of pretrial rulings that resulted in judgment for his employer. In a unit of eight or ten employees assembling radio amplifiers, Johnson was the only male and also the only American Indian. He contends (we must assume, for purposes of the appeal, truthfully) that during a period of two weeks prior to Septem