Unemployment Appeals *Board of Education v. Henderson (10th Cir., June 19, 2017) (unhappy with the Navajo Nation’s determination that it had jurisdiction, the school district sought relief in federal court, which dismissed for lack of standing) Workers Compensation/Occupational Safety and Disease *Bell v. Social Security Administration (10th Cir., June 20, 2017) (affirming denial of social security […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Herrera v. Las Cruces Public Schools (10th Cir., June 13, 2017) (affirming dismissal of Herrera’s disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims as untimely: “date of service” is the date of mailing, not receipt) *Jones v. Price (10th Cir., June 13, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Price, the Secretary of Health & Human […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Yinger v. Postal Presort, Inc. (10th Cir., June 9, 2017) (reversing and remanding summary judgment against Yinger on his disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claims) *Pittman v. American Airlines, Inc. (10th Cir., June 8, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of American Airlines on Pittman’s race and disability discrimination and retaliation because she failed […]
Discrimination/Retaliation *Espinoza-Horiuchi v. Walmart Stores, Inc. (10th Cir., May 22, 2017) (dismissing appeal of summary judgment for lack of jurisdiction, and affirming the district court’s bill of costs)*Iselin v. Bama Companies (10th Cir., May 26, 2017) (reversing dismissal of claims for discriminatory termination, failure to hire, and failure to accommodate, but affirming dismissal of misuse-of-employment-testing claim: […]
Discrimination/Retaliation Jones v. Needham (10th Cir., May 12, 2017) (reversing dismissal of sexual harassment claims, but affirming dismissal of common-law and Oklahoma Anti-Discrimination Act claims) ERISA *Blair v. Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Disability Plan (10th Cir., May 9, 2017) (affirming summary judgment in favor of Alcatel-Lucent because there had been no abuse of discretion in the […]
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 […]
