Plaintiff-appellant Debra Lewisis a former employee of School District #70 in St. Clair County, Illinois (the “District�), whose employment was terminated after a period of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA�). Following her termination, Lewis sued the District, school superintendent Robin Hawkins, and members of the District’s school board, alleging violations of the

Janet Lewis appeals from the district court’s denial of summary judgment affirming a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB�), which in turn upheld a decision by the United States Air Force (the “Agency�) to terminate her employment. We affirm.

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Lewis was director of a child development center on the Elmendorf Air Force Base. In 2003, another candidate was s

Appellant Department of Aging and Disability Services, a Texas State Agency, (the Department) challenges the trial court's denial of its plea to the jurisdiction in appellee Deborah K. Powell's workers' compensation retaliation case. See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 451.001 (West 2006). By one issue, the Department argues that the trial court erred in denying its plea to the jurisdiction because the D

Plaintiff-Appellee Nereida Mendez brought a complaint against her former employer Perla Dental and Dental Profile (collectively “Perla�) alleging gender discrimination and a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII�), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., retaliation in violation of Title VII, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emot

Raymond Moore sued Vital Products, Incorporated (“Vital�) in federal district court.

He alleged racial and sexual discrimination, a hostile work environment, and retaliation, all in violation of Title VII, and retaliatory discharge in violation of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (“IWCA�). Vital moved for summary judgment on all counts, which the district court granted. Vita

Raymond Moore sued Vital Products, Incorporated (“Vital�) in federal district court.

He alleged racial and sexual discrimination, a hostile work environment, and retaliation, all in violation of Title VII, and retaliatory discharge in violation of the

Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (“IWCA�). Vital moved for summary judgment on all counts, which the district court g

In September 2005, American Airlines, Inc. ("American") began charging passengers a fee of $2 for each bag checked with porters who provide curbside service (called "skycaps") at Boston's Logan Airport. Arguing that passengers mistook the fee for a mandatory gratuity for the skycaps and stopped tipping, several porters brought suit against American; the present appeal is a product of that litigati

Defendant-Appellant Cynthia Hurry née Keller appeals the district court’s order denying her summary judgment on Plaintiff-Appellee Ricky Pittman’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Hurry, a social worker employed by the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (“CCDCFS�), was the primary case worker for Pittman’s son Najee, who was removed from his mother’s custody by

Eman Al-Khadra sued Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Hector Wong on sexual harassment, sexual discrimination and retaliation theories.

Plaintiff was fired after filing suit.

Defendants denied wrongdoing. They claimed that Plaintiff was fired after she filed her lawsuit and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints because she violated federal law (HI

Plaintiff, a former employee of defendant, brought claims against defendant for common-law wrongful discharge and for unlawful employment discrimination under ORS 659A.230(1). She appeals after the trial court granted defendant summary judgment under ORCP 47. We affirm.

For purposes of summary judgment, we review the facts in the light most favorable to plaintiff to determine if there exist

In mid-2005, Carolyn M. Kloeckner (“Kloeckner�) left her work as a Senior Investigator for the St. Louis office of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration and filed an equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint alleging hostile work environment and discrimination on account of her sex and age. Nearly three years later, the Secretary of Labor issued a final

Nabil K. Bissada, M.D., appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), Samuel Smith, Jonathan Bates, Robert D.B. Jaquiss, Timothy Martin, Michelle Moss, Bonnie Taylor, Robert Lyle, Sandra Taylor, Debra Barrow, Patti Higginbotham, and John and Jane Does 1-10 (collectively, appellees). Dr. Bissada, a pediatric urologist, alleged appellees engaged i

Employees at a terminal for a trucking company brought claims of race discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment against their employer. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant on some plaintiffs’ claims and allowed an immediate appeal. We AFFIRM.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Rubin Hernandez, John Ketterer, and Abram Trevino (“Plaintiffsâ€

This interlocutory appeal challenges denial of a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action by members of a sheriff’s department for claimed constitutional violations by Sheriff Guadalupe Valdez and Executive Chief Deputy Jesse Flores. Sued in their individual and official capacities, defendants contend: the individual-capacity claims are barred by qualified immunity; and

After the trial court found attorney Kelli M. Kennaday possessed plaintiff Leon Schimmel‟s confidential material information in a prior action, the court disqualified Kennaday and her firm, Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould & Birney (Wilke Fleury), from its representation of Harris Levin, Community Health Associates Multispecialty Medical Group, Inc., and various other defendants (collectively, Comm

Plaintiff-appellant Darrell Miller worked for five years for defendant-appellee Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) as a highway maintainer on a bridge crew. He was fired in June 2007 and then filed this suit alleging discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment for IDOT. We

Plaintiff-Appellant Greg Kuebel appeals from a judgment of the United States District 12 Court for the Western District of New York (Telesca, J.) granting summary judgment for 13 Defendant-Appellee Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. (“B&D�). Kuebel sues on behalf of himself and 14 other similarly situated current and former B&D employees, asserting three sets of claims under 15 the Fair Labor Standard

Darrell Miller worked for five years for defendant-appellee Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) as a highway maintainer on a bridge crew. He was fired in June 2007 and then filed this suit alleging discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment for IDOT. We reverse. Miller has

For over a year, Plaintiff-Appellant Miriam Leverington worked as a cardiac nurse for the internal staffing agency of Memorial Health System (“Memorial�), which is an enterprise of the City of Colorado Springs (the “City�). However, Ms. Leverington was fired from her position after she told Colorado Springs Police Officer Duaine Peters, during a “less than cordial� traffic stop, that s

Plaintiff-Appellant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC�) initiated this suit against Defendant-Appellee C.R. England, Inc. (“C.R. England�) under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA�), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101–213. The alleged ADA violations arise from the employment relationship between C.R. England and Walter Watson, a former driver and trainer for the company

Lynn McDonald-Cuba brought this action against her former employer, Santa Fe Protective Services, Inc. (SFPS), seeking damages for alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, and New Mexico state law. SFPS responded with counterclaims for breach of contract, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, and breach of the duty o

We hold today that by its express terms, the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A(a)(1), protects employees of publicly-traded companies who disclose certain types of information only to the three categories of recipients specifically enumerated in the Act—federal regulatory and law enforcement agencies, Congress, and employee supervisors. Leaks to the media a

Appellant Gertrud Moreno challenges the plea to the jurisdiction and summary judgment granted in favor of appellee Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) on Moreno's claim for retaliatory discharge under the Texas Whistleblowers Act. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 554.002 (West 2004). By two issues, Moreno argues that the trial court erred in granting TAMUK's: (1) motion for summary judgment beca

Robert Zellner, a high schoolbiology teacher and former teacher’s union president, was fired by his employer, the Cedarburg School District, for allegedly viewing pornographic images on his school computer in violation of District policy.

This claim is actually a Fourteenth 1 Amendment claim. We’ll refer to it as a due process claim as we move along. Zellner, believing instead that h

A group of former captains fromthe Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) sued state and union officials alleging that the defendants unlawfully punished them for seeking to organize with a rival union. One of the defendants is former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Much of the litigation below, which began in June 2005, focused on plaintiffs’ efforts to depose Governor Blagojevich. After