The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals—the federal appellate court having jurisdiction over Utah—reversed a district court decision that allowed a former instructor at Utah Valley State College (UVSC) to remove his Age Discrimination in Employment Act and civil rights complaints to state court. In Helmick v. UVSC, the Tenth Circuit ruled that once the trial court […]
In Jones v. Oklahoma City Public Schools, the Tenth Circuit—the federal appellate court having jurisdiction over Utah— overruled the decision of the trial court dismissing the claims of a school administrator for having too weak of a case of discrimination. Although the trial court ruled that the administrator had presented evidence of discrimination, it ruled that the evidence […]
On Thursday, June 18, 2009, the United States Supreme Court ruled that in order to prove age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), a person must prove more than that age was a “motivating factor.” Instead, the Court stated in its opinion entitled Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., that […]
