Defendants-Appellants William Pickard and Clyde Apperson appeal the district court’s decision to deny their motion to unseal the Drug Enforcement Administration

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(“DEA”)’s file on one of its confidential informants. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we conclude the district court erred in the manner in which it denied Defendants’ motion to unseal the file, for t... More...   $0 (11-05-2013 - KS)

George Roberts says IBM fired him because of his age. He insists an instant messaging conversation between two of the company’s human resources managers proves as much. The topic of that conversation was Mr. Roberts’s possible inclusion in a “Resource Action.” Less euphemistically, the pair were discussing whether to eliminate Mr. Roberts’s position on the ground that he didn’t have en... More...   $0 (11-05-2013 - OK)

Tommy Slayton sued Bond Painting Corporation on a wrongful termination theory claiming:

1. Plaintiff Tommy Slayton, is a resident of Rogers County, State of Oklahoma*..

2. Defendant, Bond Painting Corporation, is a Domestic For Profit Business Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and regularly conducting business in Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.
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In nine issues, appellants Alief Independent School District (AISD), Dan Turner, and Henry Bonaparte challenge the judgment against them in favor of appellee Troy Perry on his whistleblower and First and Fourteenth Amendment claims. We affirm.

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Factual History

AISD maintains its own police force. In 2004, AISD hired Perry to join AISD’s police force as “gang officer” to... More...   $0 (10-31-2013 - TX)

Lale Yurttas originally sued the Texas A&M University System, Texas A&M University, and two of its employees, Michael V. Pishko and N.K. Anand, in their official and individual capacities. She asserted a discrimination claim under Texas Labor Code section 21.051 and a defamation claim. In her first amended petition, Yurttas omitted the Texas A&M University System as a defendant. Pishko v. Yurttas ... More...   $0 (10-31-2013 - TX)

While serving as the Chief of Police in Drew, Mississippi, Anthony Gibson reported Mayor Jeffrey Kilpatrick to outside law enforcement agencies for misuse of the city gasoline card. Months later, Kilpatrick began issuing written reprimands to Gibson for a panoply of alleged deficiencies. Gibson subsequently filed a lawsuit alleging unconstitutional retaliation as well as state tort law claims. Kil... More...   $0 (10-29-2013 - MS)

Oklahoma Oncology, Inc. sued Supriya Koya on breach of a promissory note, breach of contract, and interference with economic prospective advantage theories claiming:

1. 001 is and was at all times herein mentioned an Oklahoma corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Oklahoma, with its principal place of business in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

2. ... More...   $0 (10-27-2013 - OK)

Maria Lokey Tackett sued Henry Huhges II Corporation d/b/a Full Moon Cafe on a wrongful termination theory claiming:

1. Plaintiff is a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

2. The Defendant is a domestic corporation doing business in Tulsa County,
Oklahoma.

3. The acts and injuries that give rise to this action occurred in Tulsa County,
Oklahoma.

4. This C... More...   $1 (10-27-2013 - OK)

Kyll Lavalais, a sergeant with the Village of Melrose Park Police Department, sued his employer, the Village of Melrose Park, and the Chief of Police, Sam Pitassi, under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging race discrimination and retaliation. The district court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and Lavalais appealed. For the reasons that follow, we
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Plaintiff Anthony Gadlage, a Kentucky attorney, appeals the district court’s judgment granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss and its order denying a motion to alter or amend that judgment. Gadlage filed this diversity action against Winters & Yonker (W&Y), a law firm incorporated in Florida and doing business in Louisville. The parties have expressly waived oral argument, and we agree that... More...   $0 (10-24-2013 - KY)

Appellee Debra Nicholas sued appellant The San Antonio Water System (“SAWS”) for retaliation under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act based upon two alleged adverse employment actions: SAWS terminated her employment and SAWS refused to consider her or offer her employment for other positions with the company that she applied for after her employment was terminated. Nicholas claimed both ... More...   $0 (10-23-2013 - TX)

Plaintiff Ruby Cornejo filed this action for damages for violations of the California Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) (Gov. Code, § 8547 et seq.)1 in May

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1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Government Code.

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2010. She alleged that as a result of her reports starting in 1999 the practices and policies of the Department of Social Services (t... More...   $0 (10-22-2013 - CA)

This § 1983 action comes to us on an expedited appeal from the Eastern District of New York following dismissal on a 12(b)(6) motion. In March 2010, Sharon Dorsett, the mother of Jo’Anna Bird, acting as administratrix of Bird’s estate, filed a complaint against the County of Nassau and various of its officers seeking damages for Bird’s death. Dorsett’s attorney in that action, Frederick B... More...   $0 (10-18-2013 - ny)

Nikisha Harris sued Alisha Hospitality, Inc. on a wrongful termination theory.

The Pre-Trail Order provided in part:

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Plaintiff began her employment with Defendant in September of 2008 as a front desk representative at Defendant’s La Quinta Inn & Suites, located near 41St Street and Sheridan Road in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Defendant approved Plaintiff’s request for FM... More...   $1 (10-18-2013 - OK)

This is an appeal from a directed verdict in favor of appellees Bell Aerospace Services, Inc. (BellAero), Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI), and Textron, Inc. (collectively, Bell) in a Sabine Pilot claim brought by appellant 1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

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Michael Prieto. Sabine Pilot Serv., Inc. v. Hauck, 687 S.W.2d 733, 735 (Tex. 1985). We affirm.

Background

Prieto wa... More...   $0 (10-17-2013 - TX)

Former Atlantic City Police Chief John Mooney sued the City of Atlantic City, New Jersey on a retaliation theory claiming that he was demoted after trying to blow the whistle on misconduct. He claimed that the City violated New Jersey's whistleblower protection provisions when it sought to demote him. Mooney retired in 2004 after 37 years of service.

Plaintiff also claimed that Mayor Lor... More...   $3000000 (10-17-2013 - NJ)

Appellant, Raymond Michael Lee, sued his former employer, the Harris County Hospital District (“the District”), for discrimination, retaliation, and aiding and abetting discrimination under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”). The trial court dismissed his discrimination and aiding and abetting

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claims on the District’s motion for summary judgment, and a jur... More...   $0 (10-15-2013 - TX)

James Ellis alleged that the Shelby County Land Bank Department retaliated against him for complaining about discrimination against him. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Land Bank. We affirm.

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James Ellis, an African-American male, began working at the Shelby County Support Services Department as a custodian in 1991. He worked his way up to a supervisory ... More...   $0 (10-15-2013 - TN)

1. Debra Wright is a resident of Canadian County, Oklahoma and the mother of K.A., a minor. K.A. was a student at Yukon Public Schools during the 20 10-2011 school year. K.A. is seventeen years of age and is currently attending her senior year of high school at Perry High School in Perry, Oklahoma.

2. Dana Soupene is a resident of Canadian County, Oklahoma and the mother of S.E., a minor.... More...   $0 (10-10-2013 - OK)

Christina Agola is an attorney practicing primarily employment law in the Western District of New York. She has a long disciplinary history in the courts of this Circuit. See, e.g., In re Agola, 484 F. Appʹx 594 (2d Cir. 2012) (summary order) (failing to comply with scheduling orders); Rankin v. City of Niagara Falls, No. 09‐ cv‐974‐A, 2013 WL 1501682 (W.D.N.Y. Apr. 11, 2013) (misrepresenti... More...   $0 (10-09-2013 - NY)

Appellant Raymond McArdle ("McArdle") is a former teacher in the public schools of the town of Dracut, Massachusetts. He claims, among other things, that Dracut improperly handled his request for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2612 ("FMLA") and forced him to resign in retaliation for seeking such leave. The district court granted summary judgment dismissing all of McAr... More...   $0 (10-09-2013 - MA)

Guadalupe Batencourt sued Woodland Park Hospitality, Inc. on an Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 121001, violation theory claiming to have been discriminated against by Defendant.

The court docket sheet for this case contained the following entries:

02/22/2013 1 COMPLAINT against Woodland Park Hospitality, Inc. (paid $350 filing fee; receipt number 1085-1119294) ... More...   $1 (10-01-2013 - OK)

Appellee Shahbaz F. Din sued his former employer, appellant ATI Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a ATI Career Training Center, for national-origin discrimination and retaliation. A jury found in Din’s favor on both claims, and the trial judge rendered judgment in favor of Din. ATI appeals, and Din cross-appeals. We reverse the judgment, dismiss Din’s retaliation claim for lack of subject-matter jurisdic... More...   $0 (09-28-2013 - TX)

This Title VII case arises out of alleged sexual harassment by Chuck Wolfe, the superintendent of an all-male crew on a construction site operated by Boh Bros. Construction Company (“Boh Brothers”). During a three-day jury trial, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) presented evidence that Wolfe subjected Kerry Woods, an iron worker on Wolfe’s crew, to almost-daily verbal... More...   $0 (09-27-2013 - TX)

¶1 This appeal involves a “pretaliatory” discharge—an employee alleges that his employer discharged him not because he had filed a workers’ compensation claim but because he was about to. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the employer. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

¶2 The employee, Terry Lee Stone, challenges the district court’s grant of s... More...   $0 (09-26-2013 - UT)