Derek Hall appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Interstate Brands Corporation (“IBC”) on his claims of race discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and wrongful termination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2(a)(1) & 2000e-3(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.

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Mr. Hall is an Afric

Appellant Nicholas B. Delia (“Delia”), a firefighter, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Rialto, the Rialto Fire Department, Rialto Fire Chief Stephen C. Wells, two Rialto Fire Department Battalion Chiefs, Mike Peel and Frank Bekker, and a private attorney, Steve Filarsky. Delia alleges violations of his constitutional rights arising during a departmental internal affair

Peter L. Dahl and his wife brought this suit against Rice County, Minnesota, the Rice County Sheriff, and two other sheriff’s department employees, seeking damages for Dahl’s physical injuries pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They alleged violations of Dahl’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, along with various state law claims.

The district court1 entered summary judgment for the

Defendant–appellant Monique Campbell appeals the district court’s denial of qualified immunity from the plaintiff–appellees’ First Amendment retaliation claim. David Holzemer and Downtown Buggy, LLC, sued Campbell, the City of Memphis, Shelby County, and various other state, county, and city officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteen

Plaintiff Deborah Branham brought suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) after being terminated from her job as a receptionist for The Dickson Herald, a newspaper owned by Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. (“Gannett”), for excessive absenteeism. The district court granted summary judgment to Gannett. The court held that although Branham produced a medical certificat

Several owners and former owners of rental properties in St. Paul, Minnesota brought these consolidated actions, challenging the City of St. Paul’s (“the City”) enforcement of its housing code. The property owners appeal the district court’s (1) dismissal of their claims on summary judgment, (2) denial of sanctions for spoliation of evidence, and (3) denial of discovery regarding Appellee

Katherine Weber sued her former employer, Universities Research Association, Inc. (“URA”), for sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII. The district court granted URA’s motion for summary judgment on both claims. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

URA hired Weber as a mechanical engineer in 1986. During the early 1990s Weber was the target of sexual harassment. The p

Trent L. Chapin was employed by the Bob Rohrman Auto Group as a car salesman. Following his termination at one Rohrman-owned dealership, Chapin filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that the manager discriminated against white Christians in favor of Pakistani Muslims. His new employer, a second Rohrman-owned dealership, heard about this and threatened to fire

National Security Agency, Inc. (a Chicago-based private security company, not the secretive intelligence-gathering arm of the federal government) hired Claudette Goodman at a job fair at the end of August 2004. National was ramping up its operations and needed to staff at least two locations for which it had contracted to provide security. Goodman was hired at an initial rate of $8.25 per hour and

Plaintiff Deborah Branham brought suit under the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) after being terminated from her job as a receptionist for The Dickson Herald, a newspaper owned by Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. (“Gannett”), for excessive absenteeism. The district court granted summary judgment to Gannett. The court held that although Branham produced a medical certificat

Carol L. Fuller, an African-American female, sued Fiber Glass Systems, L.P., (FGS) under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, claiming discrimination (non-selection), harassment (supervisor and co-worker), and retaliation. FGS moved for summary judgment, which was granted as to retaliation but denied as to the other claims. After a trial, the jury found for FGS on the n

Mike Kirkeberg brought claims pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213, and the Minnesota Human Rights Act (“MHRA”), Minn. Stat. §§ 363A.01-.41, alleging that his employer, Canadian Pacific Railway (“Canadian Pacific”), discriminated against him on the basis of his disabilities and retaliated against him for engaging in protected activity. H

The Supreme Court held in Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 (2002) (White I), that elected judges, and candidates for judicial office, have a right under the first amendment to declare their legal views to the electorate during their campaigns. The decision left open myriad questions of implementation, and litigation has ensued across the country in those states that give the vo

Roy Johnson is an African-American who began working as a police officer
for the Tulsa Police Department (TPD) in 1976. In 1994, he filed a complaint
against the City of Tulsa (City) alleging racial discrimination in employment.

That action was certified as a class action in 1998. In December 2001, the district
court stayed the case to facilitate settlement. In April 2002 and

Cynthia Berry filed suit against her employer, the Chicago Transit Authority (“CTA”), claiming that it discriminated against her because of her sex and subjected her to a hostile work environment, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

See 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the CTA, and Berry appeals. We affirm in par

Plaintiff Clarence Gross got more than he bargained for when he sued his former employer, the Town of Cicero (“the Town” or “Cicero”), and several related individuals for what he believed to be an unconstitutional firing. The Town countersued and won on a breach of fiduciary duty theory, while defeating Gross’s constitutional claims in the process.

After a bench trial, Gross was s

In this Title VII anti-retaliation case, the circuit court granted summary judgment, holding Appellant’s status as a volunteer disqualified her from raising a Title VII claim and that she would be unable to establish that material adverse action had been taken against her. We reverse, finding Appellant’s status as a former employee qualifies her for Title VII protection from her former employe

This case requires us to determine whether the Feres doctrine, which generally bars judicial review of military decision-making, precludes us from hearing a Title VII suit brought by a “dual-status” National Guard technician, whose position was both military and civilian in nature. While Colonel Nancy Wetherill was initially granted a waiver of mandatory retirement from her military position,

Cypress Semiconductor (Minnesota) Inc. ("Cypress") terminated Laura Estrada in April 2008 for poor attendance. Estrada contends that one of the absences was protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") and that Cypress improperly counted that absence against her in assessing her attendance. The district court1 granted summary judgment to Cypress, and Estrada appealed. We affirm.

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This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals[1] affirming an arbitration award that, among other things, ordered Dawn Sands' reinstatement to her position as Vice President and Executive General Counsel following her wrongful termination from Menard, Inc. ("Menard"). Menard has refused to reinstate Sands and challenges the reinstatement award on multiple grounds. The root of

After learning that the settlement of a medical malpractice claim against him had been reported to state and national professional authorities, Dr. Herand Abcarian filed this suit against the University of Illinois and a number of its employees alleging numerous violations of his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the amended complaint in its entirety and entered a judgment dismis

Plaintiff Howard Henry appeals from the adverse judgment of the United States District
9 Court for the Southern District of New York (Conner, J.) in his suit against his former employer,
10 defendant Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Wyeth”), and former supervisors at Wyeth, following a
11 jury verdict for defendants on his claims of racial discrimination and retaliation in violation o

Defendant-appellant Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. (“PRMI”) appeals from the district court’s order awarding plaintiff-appellee Yvonne Flitton $367,689.00 in attorney’s fees as a prevailing party in a Title VII lawsuit. Ms. Flitton cross-appeals from the same order, challenging the district court’s conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction to award her appellate attorney’s fees becaus

Sandra Fanning appeals the decision of the district court1 granting summary judgment for the United States Postal Service (“USPS”), her former employer.

Fanning’s complaint alleged that the USPS breached a settlement agreement entered into by the parties in 2003 after Fanning suffered an on-the-job injury, that it retaliated against her for filing administrative complaints of employme

Claudia Unger sued the City of Mentor and two employees of its Parks and Public Lands Division, Christopher Cooperrider and Kurt Kraus (collectively “Defendants”), alleging that they intentionally misclassified her as a seasonal employee to preclude her membership in Laborers’ Union Local 1099 (the union). Specifically, Unger claims that Defendants classified her as a seasonal employee, desp