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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPP. COMM'N v. ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to make a bona fide effort to conciliate a discrimination case in a reasonable and responsive...

ZHANG v. AM. GEM SEAFOODS, INC.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law
Jury verdict in an action alleging employment discrimination and breach of contract by corporate defendants was not irreconcilably inconsistent to...

WOOD v. CROWN REDI-MIX, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to make out a prima facie ADA case where there was no causal connection between the major life activity that is limited,...

ELMAHDI v. MARRIOTT HOTEL SERVS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to show the workplace was permeated with racially discriminatory comments or conduct, and the district court did not err in granting...

SEAY v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTH.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A Title VII plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination in non-selection for one position, a proffered explanation was...

JONES v. ALCOA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under the rule of Delaware State College v. Ricks, 101 S.Ct. 498 (1980), plaintiffs' race discrimination claim is barred by Texas's two-year statute...

BERNHARDT v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Remedies
District court did not err in denying a broad preliminary injunction that would have barred a county's use of a lump sum settlement policy in civil...

HARRIS v. P.A.M. TRANSP., INC.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Transportation
Failure to exhaust Dept. of Transportation administrative remedies provided by 49 C.F.R. section 391.47 required dismissal of an Americans with...

TAYLOR v. KEITH

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Police officers had actionable 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims against supervisory officers, alleging retaliation for the exercise of their First...

MORALES-VALLELLANES v. POTTER

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The legislative history of Title VII reflects Congress's intent to provide employees victimized by retaliation or discrimination with an additional...