Plaintiff, an African-American, was employed by defendant. He alleges he was denied promotions on the basis of his race and he was retaliated against for seeking promotions. He also claims that defendant failed reasonably to accommodate his disability resulting from a heart attack, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 12111(9).

Plaintiff maintains defendant denied

Harriet Rizzo, a former employee of the Cook County Sheriff's Department, filed suit against Michael F. Sheahan, the Sheriff of Cook County, alleging that she was sexually harassed by her supervisor, Michael Mahon, and subjected to multiple acts of retaliation, including her eventual termination, for complaining about her treatment. Sheahan moved for summary judgment on both of Rizzo's c

In this Title VII suit alleging sex discrimination and retaliation, Michael J. Olsen appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to his former employer, M&I Mid- State Bank ("Mid-State"), and his former supervisor, Paul Schaller, (collectively "the defendants"). He also appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Mid-State's parent, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation,

Michael Pitts and Charles Lawson brought a suit under the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983, challenging the City of Kankakee's placement of "slum" signs on certain properties.

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According to the complaint, whose allegations we accept for present purposes, see Kennedy v. Nat'l Juvenile Detention Ass'n, 187 F.3d 690, 694 (7th Cir. 1999), plaintiffs Pitts and Lawso

Civil Rights - 42 U.S.C. 2000e Claim - Plaintiff asserted the following causes of action: Title VII sexual harassment and retaliation claims, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, supervision and retention and invasion of privacy. Initially, an employee of AAON, Camie Monday, was named as a defendant on the assault and battery and intentional

Jane M. Foster sued Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (Time Warner) alleging that she was terminated for conduct protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12203(a). The jury returned a verdict finding that Time Warner had terminated Foster in retaliation for opposing unlawful discrimination under the ADA. It awarded lost wages and compensatory and punitive dam

Plaintiff-Appellant Cheryl M. Hooven-Lewis appeals a final order of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland grant- ing Defendant-Appellee Louis Caldera's motion for summary judg- ment and entering judgment for Appellee on Appellant's claims. Appellant Hooven-Lewis alleged that the Army discriminated against her in violation of the Rehabilitation Act because of her disabi

Vala Borcky brought this action against her former employer, Maytag Corporation ("Maytag"). She alleged that Maytag discharged her in retaliation for exercising her rights under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act. The district court granted Maytag's motion for summary judgment, and Ms. Borcky appealed. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the di

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division ("TDCJ") appeals a jury verdict in favor of Beverly Thomas ("Thomas") on her claims of racial and gender discrimination, and retaliation. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

Thomas began working for TDCJ in 1979 at the Gatesville Unit. In 1985, she was

Appellee Delores Nichols ("Nichols") brought this action against her former employer, appellant Ashland Hospital Corporation ("Ashland"), alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. S 2611 et seq ., and the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. S 344 et seq. Ashland appeals the district court's denial of its motion for a new trial on the FMLA claim, fo

Patrick Fyfe is no shrinking violet. Over the course of his 20-year career with the City of Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department, Fyfe has filed numerous lawsuits and administrative agency complaints against his employer. Not surprisingly, he is not particularly popular with his supervisors. In this case, Fyfe contends that those supervisors refused his request for reimbursement of e

The three plaintiffs in this case publicly spoke out against their boss, Milton Albritton, the principal of Wadsworth Elementary School, and each was disciplined in some manner after doing so. The three responded with this sec. 1983 action alleging that the discipline they endured constituted impermissible retaliation for the exercise of their First Amendment rights. A jury didn't see it t

Civil Rights - Equal Pay Claim - Barbara Martin was supervisor of the Inspection Department of DaPro Rubber and Randy Wyatt was supervisor of the Production Department of DaPro. RubberDa/Pro is a manufacturer of precision molded rubber products with its corporate headquarters and a manufacturing facility located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Plaintiff was employed by Da/Pro as an Inspection Superv

Maureen Little ("Little") appeals from an order granting summary judgment on her claims of hostile work environment and retaliation in violation of Title VII, and wrongful discharge 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 infl

Relator John A. King, D.O. appeals the dismissal of this qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act ("Act"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. The qui tam provisions of the Act permit private individuals to sue on behalf of the United States those persons or entities who allegedly have presented false or fraudulent claims to the federal government.(1) As one of its jurisdictional hurdles, the Act pro

Defendant-Appellant, Secretary of the New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department, appeals from the district court's order denying: 1) his request for summary judgment on Plaintiff-Appellee's claim of wrongful termination in violation of his First Amendment rights; and 2) his claim of qualified immunity.

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Plaintiff was a classified employee of t

Plaintiff, Teresa Baldwin, appeals from a take nothing judgment in her case against defendant Sheriff Frankie Daniels under Section 1983 alleging due process and First Amendment violations stemming from Daniels' refusal to accept bonds written by Baldwin without notice or hearing. Finding that Baldwin has no constitutionally protected liberty or property interest in having bonds written by her acc

Civil Rights Act, Employment Discrimination, Sex and Retaliation - Plaintiff, a female police officer claimed that she was discriminated against because she was a lesbian.

Donald Sullivan appeals from the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of his employer, Raytheon, on claims of employment discrimination and violations of the Employee Retired Income Security Act (ERISA). Sullivan alleges that Raytheon discriminated against him on the basis of disability and age in refusing to reinstate him to his position at Raytheon. Sullivan also arg

Jerry Gribcheck appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to the U.S. Postal Service on his retaliation claim filed under the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.

Gribcheck has worked as an electronics technician for the U.S. Postal Service since March 1984. On February 12, 1997, in the process of repairing a machine, Gri

Ron Gilvin challenges his suspension and subsequent removal from the office of Secretary- Treasurer of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO (IUE). Gilvin asserts that the IUE, the IUE's President, and members of the IUE's Executive Board violated federal labor law and the IUE's constitution by suspending and removing him in r

Three employees of the Eagle Food Center, having a boatload of complaints against Eagle, have brought a hodge- podge of unrelated employment discrimination claims which the district judge dismissed on summary judgment in three separate, lengthy decisions of 28, 33, and 40 pages. Upon reconsideration, the judge once again found that the cases should be dismissed. The unhappy employees appe

Mold-In Graphic Systems (MIGS) and Michael and Kathleen Stevenson, collectively referred to as the defendants, appeal from the trial court’s denial of the defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law 1 on Sean and Deirdre Cummins’ claim for wrongful discharge under the public policy exception to the at-will employment doctrine. The plaintiffs cross appeal from the trial

Civil Rights - Job Discrimination - ADEA, Title VII, and 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 - Age, national origin, race, color, and retaliation related to Plaintiff's termination as part of a reduction in force and the employer's failure to rehire Plaintiff.

On July 11, 1999, plaintiff-appellant Leanna Krause and co- plaintiff Nancy O'Neal/1 filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin alleging claims of sex discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation against their employer, the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and their supervisors, Gene Pfaff and Wayne Delagrave, in violation of 42 U.S.C. sec. 198