Defamation *Williams v. United States (10th Cir., August 28, 2019) (affirming dismissal of defamation claim and Bivens action) Discrimination ~ Retaliation Singh v. Cordle (10th Cir., August 28, 2019) (reversing denial of summary judgment in favor of Cordle on First Amendment retaliation claim, but affirming on remaining claims) Public Employers ~ Employees *Alcorn v. La […]
Discrimination~Retaliation *Cowley v. West Valley City (10th Cir., August 20, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of West Valley on Cowley’s retaliation/whistleblower claim) McGraw v. University of Utah (Utah Ct. App., August 22, 2019) (reversing denial of University’s motion to dismiss McGraw’s retaliation/whistleblower action: McGraw failed to strictly comply with the Governmental Immunity Act) *Cases […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Vazirabadi v. Denver Health and Hospital Authority (10th Cir., August 2, 2019) (affirming summary judgment against Vazirabadi on his age- and national-origin-discrimination claims: Vazirabadi did not support his age-discrimination claim, and he could not show pretext on his national-origin claim) Miscellaneous *Nasuti v. Whole Foods Market (10th Cir., August 2, 2019) (affirming dismissal of […]
Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination Conner v. Department of Commerce (Utah Ct. App., May 23, 2019) (affirming dismissal of Conner’s wrongful termination claim: Conner failed to show that the Utah State Personnel Management Act (Utah Code § 67-19-15) creates a private right of action) Discrimination ~ Retaliation Sasser v. Salt Lake […]
Discrimination ~ Retaliation Gale v. The City and County of Denver (10th Cir., May 17, 2019) (certifying to the Colorado Supreme Court the question whether Colorado law excepts from res judicata § 1983 claims brought in federal court that could have been raised in a prior state action—in connection with Gale’s claim that he was […]
Discrimination / Retaliation *Laul v. Los Alamos National Laboratories (10th Cir., May 6, 2019) (affirming summary judgment against Laul on his claims of discriminatory failure to rehire, and retaliatory failure to rehire based on his prior complaints of discrimination: Laul could not demonstrate either pretext or retaliation) *Cases marked with an asterisk are not binding […]
Discrimination / Retaliation *Provencio v. Intel Corporation (10th Cir., April 30, 2019) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Intel on her retaliation and hostile work environment claims) False Claim Act United States ex rel. Reed v. Keypoint Government Solutions (10th Cir., April 30, 2019) (vacating summary judgment against Reed on her claim that Keypoint fraudulently […]
Discrimination / Retaliation *Braxton v. Nortek Air Solutions, LLC (10th Cir., April 23, 2019) (affirming summary judgment for Nortek: Plaintiffs could not state a prima facie case for discrimination or retaliation) ERISA Teets v. Great-West Life and Annuity (10th Cir., April 22, 2019) (denying en-banc rehearing: the original holding stands: Great-West does not act as […]
Discrimination / Retaliation *Cirocco v. McMahon (10th Cir., April 15, 2019) (affirming determination that Cirocco failed to exhaust administrative remedies, but remanding with instructions (a) to vacate dismissal for lack of jurisdiction and (b) to dismiss without prejudice for failure to exhaust) *Phan v. Colorado Legal Services (10th Cir., April 16, 2019) (affirming dismissal of […]
Public Employees *Drown v. Utah State Office of Education (10th Cir., April 8, 2019) (affirming dismissal of Drown’s ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and § 1983 claims against the Utah Board of Education, the school district, and employees: her claims were untimely and improperly prospective) Contract / Noncompete / Trade Secret / Wrongful Termination *Romero v. Helmerich […]
