This case involves two lawsuits concerning the investigation and subsequent termination of plaintiff-appellant William Morgan, a former police officer with Covington Township, Pennsylvania.1

Court’s decision to dismiss Morgan’s second case on res judicata grounds and affirm in all other respects.

I. Background

In 2007, when the events underlying this case took place, Morga

Plaintiff-Appellant Eric Honeyfield sued his former employer, Defendant-Appellee City of Gallup (the City), alleging that his employment had been unlawfully terminated in retaliation for his refusal to violate a consent decree under which the City had agreed to certain procedures for its employment practices. The consent decree had settled a prior claim of employment discrimination that had been b

Monica White, a former employee of the National 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).

Kyle Barousse, an employee of Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (Hertz), filed a worker’s compensation claim after he sustained injuries in a collision that occurred while he was riding as a passenger in a company vehicle. Hertz fired Barousse the day he returned from medical leave for those injuries, and Barousse sued Hertz under section 451.001(1) of the Texas Labor Code, contending that it

Kenneth Montgomery sued his employer Valerus Compression Services, L.P., alleging wrongful termination in retaliation for his filing of a workers’ compensation claim. The trial court granted Valerus’s traditional and no-evidence motion for summary judgment. Montgomery contends that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because he presented sufficient evidence on all the elements

When Eddie Burnell, Jr., received a written warning from his supervisor for failing to complete a task, he went straight to management to complain. To his surprise, the complaint triggered a series of events that led to his discharge from Gates Rubber Company. Burnell then sued his former employer in federal district court, complaining of discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, as well a

When Kara Kowalski was a senior at Musselman High School in Berkeley County, West Virginia, school administrators suspended her from school for five days for creating and posting to a MySpace.com webpage called "S.A.S.H.," which Kowalski claims stood for "Students Against Sluts Herpes" and which was largely dedicated to ridiculing a fellow student. Kowalski commenced this action, under 42 U.S.C. Â

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(c) provides that, for purposes of the statute of limitations, a subsequently amended complaint may “relate back� to the date of the filing of an earlier complaint in certain circumstances. Plaintiff- Appellant Lynda McClelland seeks to use Rule 15(c) to prevent the statute of limitations from barring her discrimination suit against Defendant-Appellee Deluxe F

{1} Defendant, New Mexico State University (NMSU), appeals from a jury verdict awarding Plaintiff Wendy Charles $124,653.93 on her claims of retaliation and constructive discharge. On appeal, we address Defendant’s arguments that (1) the statute of limitations provided in the New Mexico Human Rights Act (NMHRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 28-1-1 to -14 (1969, as amended through 2007), bars acts outside the

Contending that he was improperly terminated, Billy Merrifield, a former Youth Services Administrator of Santa Fe County’s Youth Development Program at the County’s youth correctional facility, sued the County Board of Commissioners and several County officials (collectively, Defendants) in federal court. He brought civil-rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that he had been denied p

Gina M. Jenkins sued Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, for sexual harassment and retaliation, in addition to state-law claims. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court3 dismissed the case because Jenkins failed to exhaust her administrative remedies. She appeals. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

I.

As detailed in this court’s previous opi

¶1 Lisa K. Anger appeals from the district court's order entering a civil stalking injunction against her and in favor of her sister, appellee Lori S. Allen, pursuant to Utah Code section 77-3a-101, see Utah Code Ann. § 77-3a-101 (2008). Specifically, Anger challenges the district court's underlying conclusion that she had committed the criminal offense of stalking, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-10

Gina M. Jenkins sued Ray Mabus,2 Secretary of the Navy, for sexual harassment and retaliation, in addition to state-law claims. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court3 dismissed the case because Jenkins failed to exhaust her administrative remedies. She appeals. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

I.

As detailed in this court’s previous opinio

In August 2003, iStar Financial, Inc. (“iStar�) fired Kenneth Thomas. A year and a half later, Thomas sued iStar and one of his supervisors there, Ed Baron, (collectively “defendants�) for various violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and parallel provisions of the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL�), N.Y.C. Admin.

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Plaintiff Jason M. Jackler, a former probationary police officer in Middletown, New
19 York ("Middletown" or the "City"), appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for
20 the Southern District of New York, Cathy Seibel, Judge, dismissing his complaint, brought under 42
21 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging principally that defendant Matthew T. Byrne, Chief of the Middletown Pol

Jessica Benuzzi, one of the first female custodians hired by the Chicago Public Schools, has spent more than twenty years climbing the ranks of the maintenance staff. In 2004, she reached the Grade V-II Engineer level, which qualified her to oversee custodial operations at large school buildings. With this promotion came a new job, building engineer-in-charge, at a newly opened school on Chicagoâ€

, designated as “protective,� CNYPC argues against the relief sought by plaintiff,
11 contending: (1) that the District Court acted within its discretion in both declining to amend its prior
12 order dismissing Bergerson’s state law claims and in awarding attorney’s fees at the rate of $210 per
13 hour; and (2) that remand is appropriate to “enable the district court to clari

Lynette Patterson appeals the dismissal of her claims against her former employer for alleged violation of the Idaho Human Rights Act and the Idaho Protection of Public Employees Act. We affirm.

I.

Factual and Procedural History

This is a constructive discharge case arising under the Idaho Human Rights Act (IHRA), I.C. § 67-5901 et seq., and the Idaho Protection of Public Emp

Plaintiff-appellant Bruce Parker worked for approximately twenty years for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). He appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Interior on his claims that the BLM retaliated against him for reporting sex discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and discriminated

Naketa Malone sued his employer, Ameren UE (“Ameren�), alleging race discrimination and retaliation for opposing race discrimination, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court granted Ameren’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint. Malone appeals, and we affirm.

I.

We recite the facts in the li

Sandra Cross (Cross) leased a house to Stephen and Laura Cooper. As the lease was about to expire, Cross put the house up for sale and entered a contract of sale with prospective buyers. After the prospective buyers backed out, Cross sued the Coopers for interfering with the sale and causing it to fail. In her complaint, Cross asserted several claims based, in part, on allegations that the Coopers

Plaintiff and respondent Terri Brown (plaintiff) brought a class action and representative action under the Private Attorney General Act of 2004 (the PAGA)1 against her employers, defendants and appellants Ralphs Grocery Company and The Kroger Co. (defendants), for alleged violations of the Labor Code. Defendants appeal from the trial court’s order denying their petition to compel plaintiff to s

Former East St. Louis, Illinois officials Della Murphy and Wyatt Frazer sued East St. Louis for firing them in retaliation for publicly questioning whether the mayor and city manager of the largely black city were discriminating against white applicants for the city police force. The also claimed that their constitutional free-speech rights were violated and that they were wrongfully denied their

Michelle Christian appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of her former employer, AHS Tulsa Regional Medical Center (“the Hospital�), on her Title VII sex discrimination claims. We agree with the district court that Ms. Christian was unable to demonstrate the existence of a genuine dispute of material fact with regard to either prong of the Hospital’s two-part affirmative defense, an

Plaintiff-Appellant Mamie Martin appeals the district court’s summary judgment on her Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims in favor of Budget Rent-A-Car, Inc. (Budget). Because nothing in the record shows that Martin was treated less favorably than other similarly-situated employees, or that the reason given for her dismissal from Budget—that is, her shouting match with another empl