all - Opinion Summaries

MCLEAN v. PATTEN COMMUNITIES, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An N.C. state cause of action for wrongful discharge is stated by a claim that an employee is separated from employment because of her sex when the...

LANIER v. BRYANT

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
The two-year limitation period expired before a federal prisoner's pro se action was brought under the Federal Wiretap Act, where information provided...

CHRISTIANSEN v. CITY OF TULSA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Plaintiffs in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action failed to establish a constitutional violation through the conduct of police officials and other...

MANNING v. CHEVRON CHEM. CO. LLC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An amended charge alleging disability discrimination did not relate back to the original charge, which raised different theories of liability, and the...

HAMM v. WEYAUWEGA MILK PRODS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A male Title VII plaintiff could not demonstrate that he was discriminated against "because of" sex by male co-workers, where evidence only supports...

KOSEREIS v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Because plaintiff failed to produce evidence that he was treated differently than fellow co-workers because of his religion or national origin, was...

HALLGREN v. US DEP'T OF ENERGY

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Failure to file suit within 90 days of receiving notice of final agency action on claims rendered plaintiff's Age Discrimination in Employment Act...

DATTOLI v. PRINCIPI

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
District court did not err in finding plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case of Title VII gender discrimination where alleged harassment did not...

COX v. MAYER

Administrative Law, Civil Rights
Because plaintiff was a prisoner when he brought his suit, and the suit implicates prison conditions, under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42...

ASHBY v. MCKENNA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Sanctions
Dismissal with prejudice of a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit, as a sanction for discovery abuse under FRCP 37(a)(2)(B), was an abuse of...