Matrix, L.L.C., one of the region’s largest cleaning companies, will pay $450,000 to a class of 15 former employees and provide significant relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

In the lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that Matrix officials told white supervisor Barbara Palermi

Jennifer Crawford, Gannon Dvorak, Ernest Magdaleno, David Peters, and Michael Meadows sued their employer BNSF Railway Company, alleging that they had been subjected to sexual and racial harassment by their supervisor Michael Duran in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The district court1 granted BNSF's motion for summary judgment, concluding that it was entitled to the affirm

The question presented in this appeal is whether the Eleventh Amendment protects New Mexico from a suit for money damages under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–65. We conclude it does. New Mexico has state sovereign immunity from a claim that it violated the ADA when it revoked the medical license of a physician whose practice the state claimed constit

Appellant Kathryn Pereda (“Pereda”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of her two-count complaint alleging interference and retaliation under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601, et seq., against Appellee Brookdale Senior Living Communities (“Brookdale”). The district court held that because Pereda was not an eligible employee at the time she was

The plaintiff, Richard Barry, appeals from the summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendant, the board of education of the city of New Britain, on the plaintiff’s claims of breach of the parties’ settlement agreement and breach of the parties’ employment contract. On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the court improperly determined that he was collaterally estopped

Walleon Bobo appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) on Bobo’s discrimination and retaliation claims brought under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and his race discrimination and retaliation claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII, and the Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA). We AFFIRM t

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) brought this action on behalf of two servers, Katrina Shisler and Michelle Powell, who were employed at an International House of Pancakes franchise in Racine, Wisconsin (the “Racine IHOP”), alleging that the servers were sexually harassed in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. A jury foun

Walleon Bobo appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) on Bobo’s discrimination and retaliation claims brought under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and his race discrimination and retaliation claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII, and the Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA). We AFFIRM

Plaintiff Lisa Weatherby appeals the grant of summary judgment to Defendant Federal Express in her suit alleging racial and gender discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e- 5(g); and age discrimination, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. For the reasons th

In 2006, the United States Postal Service terminated plaintiff Denise Coleman’s 32 years of employment as a mail processing clerk. The Postal Service contends that it fired Coleman because she told her psychiatrist she was having thoughts of killing her supervisor, and it believed she posed a danger to her fellow employees. Coleman alleges that her termination was discriminatory (she is African2

This case involves a claim brought under the Texas Whistleblower Act. The trial court granted the Dallas Independent School District's plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed James Mullins's claim. In a single issue, Mullins contends the trial court erred in granting the plea because he presented sufficient evidence to raise a question of fact about the trial court's jurisdiction over his claim. We

Scott Savage appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants E. Gordon Gee, President of The Ohio State University, in his individual and official capacity; Karen A. Holbrook, former President of the University, in her individual capacity; Nancy K. Campbell, Assistant Vice President of the Office of Human Resources at the University, in her individual and official c

This dispute is before us for the second time. In the first appeal, we affirmed the grant of summary judgment to Microsoft on Mr. Wallace’s breach-of-contract claim but reversed and remanded Mr. Wallace’s state-law-tort claims of wrongful discharge and outrage.1 This appeal is from the district court’s order granting Microsoft’s motion for summary judgment on the tort claims and denying Ms

Eartha Lee McMiller, pro se, sued the Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District (doing business as Metro). The district court dismissed her age-discrimination claims as well as her Title VII claims for retaliation and against her supervisor personally. The district court refused to dismiss her Title VII sexual harassment claims against Metro. Moreover, the court st

Plaintiff appeals from (1) an order denying him attorney fees under California‟s private attorney general doctrine, which is set forth in Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.51 and (2) an order applying section 998 to limit his recovery of costs to those incurred prior to defendants‟ May 7, 2007, offer to compromise.

We conclude that this litigation, which resulted in a published decis

Bruce R. Field initiated this wrongful termination action against his former employer, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City and County of Denver (“Denver Water”). Mr. Field advanced three retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., respectively, but the district court granted summary judgment

We address the constitutionality of three provisions of Washington election law as applied to the political committees that support and oppose ballot measures. We hold that Washington’s disclosure requirements, Washington Revised Code § 42.17.090 and Washington Administrative Code § 390-16-034, which require these committees to disclose the name and address of contributors giving more than $25

¶1 The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Delaware County of Incest, and sentenced to ten (10) years' imprisonment.

¶2 After a careful review of the record and briefs of the parties, we are of the opinion that the judgment and sentence must be reversed. We need only address the key issue on appeal; i.e., that the trial court improperly limited the defense's cross-examinati

Appellant Keith Thompson brought suit against Air Transport International LLC (ATI) alleging ATI violated his rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq., and under the Arkansas Civil Rights Act (ACRA), Ark. Code Ann. § 16-123-101 et seq. The district court dismissed, finding Thompson’s claims were subject to a mandatory arbitration provision contained in a colle

Devonna Culpepper, a hearing-impaired employee of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), brought this action against the secretary of that department for workplace discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. She appeals an adverse bench trial verdict. We affirm the judgment of the district court.1

I. BACKGROUND

Teresa Wagner appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Carolyn Jones, who was then the Dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Law. Wagner alleges that Dean Jones discriminated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights of political belief and association when Wagner was not hired to be a full-time Legal Analysis, Writ

Anita Luster, an employee of the United States Forest Service, appeals from the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, on her claims of sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, and violations of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b).

Teresa Wagner appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against Carolyn Jones, who was then the Dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Law. Wagner alleges that Dean Jones discriminated against her in violation of her First Amendment rights of political belief and association when Wagner was not hired to be a full-time Legal Analysis, Wri

This appeal concerns the proper interpretation of a lease and the interplay with federal regulations, Iowa Code section 562A.27A, and chapter 648 (2009). The district court determined this forcible-entry-and-detainer (FED) cause of action accrued at the time of the tenant’s physical assault or the threat of physical assault upon other tenants. Consequently, the court found the cause of action w

Appellant the City of Fort Worth brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying in part its plea to the jurisdiction on the whistleblower claim filed by Appellee Janet Anne Lane. In one issue, Fort Worth argues that Lane did not establish a waiver of immunity under the Texas Whistleblower Act because she did not make a good faith report of a violation of law. Because we