¶1 In this appeal, we review the court of appeals’ opinion in Churchill v. Univ. of Colo. at Boulder,No. 09CA1713, 2010 WL 5099682 (Colo. App. Nov. 24, 2010). The underlying civil action involves claims brought by Professor Ward Churchill pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2011) after his tenured employment was terminated by the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado. Churchill alleges... More...   $0 (09-10-2012 - CO)

The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, 130 S. Ct. 876 (2010), is best known for striking down as an unconstitutional restriction of free speech the federal law that bans corporations and labor unions from running campaign-related advertisements in the lead-up to an election. That holding largely overshadowed another part of the decision up holding the same law’s campaign finan... More...   $0 (09-10-2012 - IL)

Costa Mesa Municipal Code § 2-61 makes it a misdemeanor for members of the public who speak at City Council meetings to engage in “disorderly, insolent, or disruptive behavior.” Benito Acosta (“Acosta”) was removed from the Costa Mesa City Council meeting for an alleged violation of the ordinance. Acosta appeals the district court’s dismissal of his First Amendment facial challenge to t... More...   $0 (09-06-2012 - CA)

Jesus Reyes filed a class complaint alleging wage and hour violations against Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI). LBI appeals from the trial court‘s order denying its motion to compel arbitration. We reverse.

BACKGROUND

Reyes worked as a security officer for LBI from April 24, 2009 until September 28, 2009. Reyes executed LBI‘s mutual agreement to arbitrate claims (Arbitration Agr... More...   $0 (08-31-2012 - CA)

Loretta Capeheart is a tenured Justice Studies professor at Northeastern Illinois University and an outspoken critic of the university on a number of issues, including its failure to hire more Latino professors and its willingness to host military and CIA recruiters at campus job fairs. She believes that university officials have defamed her, refused to make her department chair, and denied her an... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - IL)

Wallace James Beaulieu ("Beaulieu"), Lionel Tohannie Yazzie, Larry DeLaney Sr., Emergy Eugene Bush, John Louis Beaulieu III ("Beaulieu III"), and Michael J. Gimmestad (collectively, "Patients") are patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP). The Patients brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Minnesota Department of Human Services officials ("DHS officials")1 and... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - MN)

This § 1983 case concerns allegations of unlawful conduct by officials in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (“MCAO”), conduct which culminated in the late-night arrests of Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, owners of the Phoenix New Times, LLC. Lacey, Larkin, and the New Times (collectively, “Lacey”) sued Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, head... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - AZ)

Catherine Robert had worked as supervisor of released adult offenders for ten years when she developed sacroiliac joint dysfunction. After a lengthy leave of absence, including the period authorized by the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), Robert remained unable to perform all of her required duties, and she was terminated. For the reasons stated hereafter, we conclude that Robert’s dis... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - KS)

Plaintiff and appellant Scott Howard (Howard), a personal manager, entered into an oral agreement with the defendant and respondent Lisa Kudrow (Kudrow), an entertainer, by which agreement he would receive for personal management services a percentage of Kudrow‟s income.1 After Kudrow terminated Howard‟s services, he claimed that he should continue to receive a percentage of Kudrow‟s income ... More...   $0 (08-23-2012 - CA)

Plaintiffs-appellants Patti Whitmire Carlton and Pamela Reed are both former employees of defendant-appellee Houston Community College (HCC). Their claims here arise primarily from their complaints about alleged sexual harassment by HCC’s Interim Chancellor, Norm Nielsen, and subsequent retaliation by HCC after they reported that harassment. The trial court granted summary judgment in HCC’s fa... More...   $0 (08-23-2012 - TX)

Juan Espinal appeals from entry of summary judgment against his claims of race-based disparate treatment and of hostile work environment against National Grid NE Holdings 2, LLC, and Keyspan New England, LLC (collectively, "National"). Espinal v. Nat'l Grid NE Holdings 2, LLC, 794 F. Supp. 2d 285 (D. Mass. 2011). His complaint alleges National punished him more harshly for a rules violation, on th... More...   $0 (08-23-2012 - MA)

Plaintiff-Appellant Gary Daugherty appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees City of Toledo and Toledo’s former Mayor Carlton Finkbeiner (collectively, “the City”) on Daugherty’s Title VII and Ohio state-law race-discrimination claim and the district

Because the district court applied the incorrect standard by requiring Daugherty to me... More...   $0 (08-21-2012 - MI)

Plaintiff-Appellant Deborah Armando brought claims under various federal employment statutes against Defendant-Appellee AT&T Mobility after AT&T Mobility fired her from her job at an AT&T call center. This appeal concerns the district court’s summary judgment disposing of Armando’s claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The district court held that AT&T... More...   $0 (08-21-2012 - TX)

Touchstone Television Productions (Touchstone) hired actress Nicollette Sheridan (Sheridan) to appear in the first season of the television series Desperate Housewives. The agreement gave Touchstone the exclusive option to renew Sheridan‟s services on an annual basis for an additional six seasons. Touchstone renewed Sheridan‟s services up to and including Season 5. During Season 5, Touchstone ... More...   $0 (08-20-2012 - CA)

ITT Educational Services is a for-profit corporation that runs “ITT Technical Institutes” in several locations throughout the United States, including Lathrop, California. Plaintiff Jason Halasa was the Lathrop Campus’s College Director for six months in 2009. The parties provide competing accounts of the end Halasa’s tenure: ITT says that Halasa was fired for exhibiting poor management sk... More...   $0 (08-15-2012 - IN)

Plaintiff-appellant Stephanie Bucalo appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Denis R. Hurley, Judge) based on a jury verdict in favor of defendant-appellee Shelter Island Union Free School District (“the District”) in her action for age discrimination and retaliation. The district court denied Bucalo’s motion for judgment as a matter ... More...   $0 (08-14-2012 - NY)

Carmen Jean-Baptiste, age 43, dued the District of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department on a civil rights violation theory claiming that he was sexually harassed and fired in retaliation for complaining about the sexual harassment. Plaintiff began working at the Takoma Aquatic Center in Northwest Washington for $13.50 per hour in 2006. She claimed that her supvisor, Rodney Weaver, began haras... More...   $3500000 (08-12-2012 - DC)

Appellee Fernando Flores brought suit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ("TPWD") for retaliatory discharge, alleging that he was terminated for filing a workers' compensation claim. See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. §§ 451.001-.003 (West 2006). TPWD filed a plea to the jurisdiction, which the trial court denied. In this interlocutory appeal, TPWD argues that the trial court erred in denying... More...   $0 (08-11-2012 - TX)

Plaintiff-appellant Edward Donnelly, a high school teacher, sued defendantsappellees – the Greenburgh Central School District No. 7, his former employer, and three of his supervisors there (collectively “the District,” unless otherwise noted) – in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lewis A. Kaplan, Judge). Donnelly alleged inter alia that the District d... More...   $0 (08-10-2012 - ny)

Four days after Angelo Dahlia, a detective in the City of Burbank Police Department, disclosed the alleged use of abusive interrogation tactics by his colleagues to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, he was placed on administrative leave by Chief of Police Tim Stehr. That decision prompted Dahlia to file a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Stehr and lieutenants, sergeants, and a detective of the... More...   $0 (08-09-2012 - CA)

Patricia A. Keller appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of her former employer, Crown Cork & Seal USA, Inc. (Crown or the Company), in her suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2 & e-5, and the Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (EPA). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

Background

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Carly Cooter sued Angeles National Golf Club on a wrongful termination, retaliation, intentional infliction of emotional distresss, hostile work environment, sex discrimination, breach of contract and various labor law violation theories claiming that she faced retaliation after reporting that a customer fondled her.

The defenses asserted by Defendant are not available.... More...   $0 (08-04-2012 - CA)

Retired Detective Sgt. 1st Class Brian Royster, age 48, sued the New Jersey State Police and Superintendent Rick Fluentes on civil rights and retaliation theories claiming that he was retaliated against after complaining the division failed to appropriately investigate claims such as racial discrimination and sexual harassment.

The defenses asserted by Defendants are not available.... More...   $0 (08-04-2012 - NJ)

Appellant Jamie Lichtenstein alleges that her employer, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC),1 terminated her employment in violation of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. The District Court granted summary judgment to UPMC on Lichtenstein‘s retaliation and interference claims. Lichtenstein‘s challenge to the District Court‘s decision requires us... More...   $0 (08-03-2012 - PA)

This appeal requires us to resolve a question of first impression at the federal appellate level: Does the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-796l, entitle a plaintiff to relief when retaliation for his complaints about disability discrimination is a motivating factor in, but not the but-for cause of, an adverse employment action? We answer this question in the negative. Because the c... More...   $0 (08-03-2012 - ME)