Discrimination/Retaliation *Craine v. National Science Foundation (10th Cir., April 26, 2017) (denying Craine’s petition for review: his disclosures, as a former employee of Kansas State University, did not fall within the whistleblower protections of 41 U.S.C. ss. 4712) *Jackson v. The Education and Employment Ministry (10th Cir., April 27, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Agassounon v. Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. (10th Cir., April 18, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Defendant on Agassounon’s race, color, national origin, and retaliation claims, because he failed to demonstrate pretext in Jeppesen Sanderson’s laying him off)*Arbogast v. State of Kansas, Dept. of Labor (10th Cir., April 21, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Arbogast’s complaint […]
Discrimination/Retaliation*Cash v. Lockheed Martin Corporation (10th Cir., April 13, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Lockheed because Cashfailed to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to whether he was fired because of discrimination or retaliation)EEOC v. BNSF Railway Company (10th Cir., April 11, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of BNSF because […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Bejar v. Department of Veterans Affairs (10th Circuit, March 28, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of the Department of Veterans Affairs because Bejar could not show evidence of discrimination) *McCoy v. State of Wyoming (10th Circuit, March 28, 2017) (affirming dismissal of McCoy’s complaint, among other things, because it lacked any plausible discrimination […]
Discrimination/RetaliationMcLane Co., Inc., v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (U.S. Supreme Court, April 3, 2017) (reversing 9th Circuit de novo review and reversal of district court refusal to enforce EEOC subpoenas: such a decision must be reviewed for abuse of discretion, not de novo)*Clincy v. Transunion, LLC (10th Cir., April 4, 2017) (affirming summary judgement in […]
Labor Unions*Society of Prof’l Eng’g Employees in Aerospace v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. (10th Cir., 15 March 2017) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Spirit Aerosystems: an individual employee’s grievance (challenging company-wide policy) was in fact subject to arbitration under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement)Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Williams v. Berryhill (10th Cir., March 17, 2017) (reversing Commissioner denial […]
Discrimination/RetaliationWilliams v. FEDEX Corporate Services (10th Cir., February 24, 2017) (affirming summary judgment for FEDEX on Williams’s regarded-as-disabled claim, but reversing and remanding his disability-related inquiry claim for district court decision) ERISA and Employee Pension PlansKeller Tank Services II, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (10th Cir., February 21, 2017) (affirming summary judgment against Keller […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Chaney v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (10th Cir., February 14, 2017) (affirming dismissal with prejudice for failure to file amended complaint because there was no abuse of discretion, and claims of potential bias were entirely speculative) *Huggins v. Reilly (10th Cir., February 15, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant on inmate Huggins’ s.1983 discrimination and retaliation employment […]
Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease*Covington v. Colvin (10th Cir., February 2, 2017) (affirming denial of disability insurance and supplemental security benefits: Covington failed to show she was disabled)*Rael v. Berryhill (10th Cir., February 3, 2017) (affirming denial of disability because substantial evidence supported theALJ’s decision, and there was no legal error)Contract/Noncompete/Trade Secret/Wrongful Termination*Branham v. Delta […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Johnson v. Oklahoma Department of Transportation (10th Cir., January 27, 2017) (affirming denial of 60(b) motion for relief from judgement, the purpose of which is not to relitigate the underlying case) *Cvancara v. Reams (10th Cir., January 23, 2017) (affirming summary judgment on Cvancara’s first-amendment retaliation claim, because she was merely airing personal grievances) Public Employers/Employees […]
