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ALICEA-HERNANDEZ v. THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
The religious clauses of the First Amendment preclude jurisdiction over a suit claiming Title VII national origin and gender discrimination in...

GILMORE v. AT&T

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to make a prima facie case of racial discrimination in termination, and even if she had, employer articulated a legitimate,...

COLMENARES v. BRAEMAR COUNTRY CLUB, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In 1997, when plaintiff's wrongful termination action arose, a claimant seeking to show physical disability under the Fair Employment and Housing Act...

BANKS v. E. BATON ROUGE PARISH SCH. BD.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Employees failed to make a prima facie showing of Title VII retaliation, where they did not show that a school board's implementation of a reading...

MILES v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Sanctions
Costs pursuant to FRCP 54(d) may not be awarded where an underlying claim is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, but FRCP 54(d) does...

JOHNSON v. THE KROGER CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A Title VII employment race discrimination plaintiff failed to provide any direct evidence of discrimination, but proffered sufficient evidence that...

COSZALTER v. CITY OF SALEM

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
An adverse employment action in a First Amendment retaliation case is an act reasonably likely to deter employees from engaging in protected speech,...

HOLMES v. KUCYNDA

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 plaintiff failed to adduce any evidence of a county policy of inadequate training of police officers, but officers' actions...

DOWNING v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ALABAMA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of Eleventh Amendment immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 2000e-2(a)(1) sexual harassment claim is affirmed, and the antiretaliation provision of...

CALHOUN v. DETELLA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a prisoner's claim of an Eighth Amendment violation through a deliberately harassing strip search, 42 U.S.C. section 1997e(e) does not preclude...