Bruce E. Eklund (Eklund) brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Seattle Municipal Court (the Municipal Court), the chief judge of the court, Fred Bonner (Bonner), and others. Eklund alleged wrongful termination of his employment by the Municipal Court and denial of due process of law in his termination. A jury returned a verdict for the defendants on the wrongful termination

Antonio Lawler, who is Hispanic, began working for El Paso Community College District (EPCC) in 1984 as a part-time, non-credit welding instructor. Until 2004, EPCC offered only non-credit welding courses. In 2004, EPCC began offering credit courses in welding which could lead to an associates degree in Machining Technology. EPCC assigned Lee Lowers, a non-Hispanic, to teach the credit courses an

Larry M. Gentilello, M.D., a tenured professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his supervisors, alleging that he was wrongfully demoted without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted the Defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and denied Gentilello leave to file an amend

This interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss primarily concerns an allegation of retaliatory action taken against a state court employee because of her refusal to engage in partisan political activity. Defendants-Appellants James C. Tormey, State Supreme Court Justice and District Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District; Bryan R. Hedges, Judge of the Onondaga Famil

New York City and the New York City Police Department appeal from an order of United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Scheindlin, J.) entered on March 21, 2008, and amended on April 10, 2008, preliminarily enjoining them from investigating and disciplining Plaintiff-Appellees based upon Plaintiff-Appellees’ testimony or participation in this lawsuit. We conclude that

Plaintiff David Smith appeals the district court‟s grant of summary judgment to defendant Creston Municipal Utilities (CMU) on his claims of disability discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, see Iowa Code § 216.6(1)(a) (2009), and retaliatory discharge in violation of public policy. We agree Smith failed to put forth a genuine issue of material fact that his work restrictions amounted

Veronica Alvarez asserts that while she was employed at Des Moines Bolt Supply, Inc. (“DMB”), she was subjected to sexual harassment from co-workers, and that the company retaliated against her when she complained about the harassment. Alvarez filed suit under Title VII and the Iowa Civil Rights Act, alleging retaliation and sex discrimination based on a hostile environment. The district court

Anthony Montgomery sued his employer, American Airlines, Incorporated (“American”), alleging two civil rights violations relating to his race. First, Montgomery claimed that American allowed a hostile work environment to persist in a maintenance shop to which he was briefly assigned as a probationary employee. Second, he claimed that his demotion at the end of his probationary period was an ad

Plaintiff Wayne Grubb appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of his former employer, YSK Corporation, on his claims of Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) retaliation and age discrimination. Grubb’s FMLA retaliation claim was rejected when the district court concluded that Grubb could neither offer any direct evidence of discriminatory animus, nor demonstrate a causal connection be

In 2008, plaintiffs James Brooks, Donald Hamlette, and Samuel St. John, who were correctional officers for Virginia’s Department of Corrections (the "Department"), initiated these since-consolidated civil actions in the Western District of Virginia, asserting retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Their respective complaints named as defendants Howard R. Arthur, Sr., and Randal W. Mi

Brian Lindberg appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Bossier Parish Emergency Medical Service (BPEMS), Duxie Scott, and Cheryl McEntyre dismissing Lindberg’s claims for wrongful termination. We affirm.

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Bossier Parish Emergency Medical Services (BPEMS) was formed to provide general medical services to citizens of Bossier Parish. BPEMS provides advanc

This interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss primarily concerns an allegation of retaliatory action taken against a state court employee because of her refusal to engage in partisan political activity. Defendants-Appellants James C. Tormey, State Supreme Court Justice and District Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District; Bryan R. Hedges, Judge of the Onondaga Famil

Kazadi Big Musungayi sued his former employer, Whirlpool Corporation, alleging a hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. The district court granted Whirlpool’s motion for summary judgment, and exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

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Mr. Musungayi is an African-American native of the Democratic

After finding defendant Best Overhead Door, LLC, liable for sexual harassment, the trial court awarded plaintiff injunctive relief and attorney fees. On appeal, defendant raises a variety of challenges to the trial court's fee award. It contends that plaintiff's statement of attorney fees was untimely, that plaintiff was not the prevailing party, and that her statement of fees was not sufficient

Brenna Lewis sued Heartland Inns of America on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000e claiming that she was discriminated against because she was "tomboyish" in her appearance and in retaliation for complaining about how she was being treated at work.

Lewis was hired to work for Heartland in 2005 when the company's director of operations, Barbara Cullinan, hired her for a day

This case involves a question of law certified to this court by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in accordance with Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 6-8 (2010) and accepted by this court on February 12, 2010. See Calaway v. Practice Mgmt. Servs., Inc., 2010 Ark. 69. The certified question is: Can an individual supervisor be held personally liable for alleged acts of

Judy Norman-Nunnery applied for a job at Madison Area Technical College (“MATC”) in 2005. When she did not receive an interview, much less a job, she sued MATC and three employees involved in the hiring process. She alleged that they discriminated against her because of her race and retaliated against her because of her marriage to Willie Nunnery, a lawyer who had previously been involved in f

Daniel Coleman appeals the dismissal of his amended complaint in this suit alleging, as is relevant here, violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), see 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17 (West 2003 & Supp. 2010), and of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), see 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 2601-54 (West 2009 & Supp. 2010). Finding no error, we affirm.

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{1} At issue in this appeal is a request for information pursuant to the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 14-2-1 to -12, (1947, as amended through 2009). The New Mexico Department of Public Safety (DPS) refused to disclose records of citizen complaints requested by Plaintiff. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of DPS. The district court ruled th

James Richard Stiefel appeals from orders of the district court dismissing his employment discrimination claims against Bechtel Construction Company under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Stiefel contends that Bechtel discriminated against him because of a disabling work-related injury and failed to accommodate that disability (“pre-termination claims”) and then

Judith A. Taylor, the former Democratic Director of Elections in St. Louis County, brought claims against the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners (“Board”) and against Commissioners John J. Diehl, Jr., William Miller, Jr., Anita Yeckel, and Chaim H. Zimbalist (“Commissioners”) in their official and individual capacities for wrongful discharge under Missouri common law and for

Appellant has filed a motion for reconsideration en banc from this Court’s April 29, 2010 opinion. In light of the motion, we withdraw our opinion and judgment of April 29, 2010 and issue this opinion in its stead. We overrule the motion for reconsideration en banc as moot. See Brookshire Brothers, Inc. v. Smith, 176 S.W.3d 30, 33 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, pet. denied) (op. on re

Defendant-Appellee BWXT Y-12, LLC is the managing and operating contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration (“NNSA”) at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy. BWXT terminated Plaintiff-Appellant Rudolph Escher on September 22, 2005. Escher contends that he was terminated in retaliation fo

Does a public high school teacher have a First (and Fourteenth) Amendment right “to select books and methods of instruction for use in the classroom without interference from public officials”? Yes, says the teacher, Shelley Evans-Marshall. No, says the Tipp City Board of Education. Because the right to free speech protected by the First Amendment does not extend to the in-class curricular spe

Jose Hinojosa appeals a summary judgment for CCA Properties of America, LLC (“CCA”), on his claims that he was discriminated against when he was allegedly constructively discharged. Because Hinojosa cannot show that he was constructively discharged, we affirm.

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Hinojosa worked as a warden from 1987 through August 2006 at a detention facility in Laredo, Texas, operated by CC