Cases — June 26th through July 2nd, 2022

Contract ~ Noncompete ~ Trade Secret ~ Wrongful Termination Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (U.S., June 27, 2022) (reversing summary judgment in favor of the school district on Kennedy’s first-amendment religious-freedom claim: the free-exercise and free-speech clauses of the first amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance (prayer)from government reprisal; the Constitution […]

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Cases — July 5th through 11th, 2020

Discrimination ~ Retaliation Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (U.S., July 8, 2020) (reversing judgment in favor of plaintiffs on their disability- and age-discrimination claims: as employees of religious institutions, the First Amendment’s religion clauses foreclose the adjudication of their employment-discrimination claims) *Wilson v. Textron Aviation, Inc. (10th Cir., July 8, 2020) (affirming summary […]

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Cases — January 14th through 20th, 2018

Discrimination/RetaliationLincoln v. Maketa (10th Cir., January 17, 2018) (reversing denial of qualified immunity to defendants on plaintiffs’ claim of retaliation for protected speech)Tabura v. Kellogg (10th Cir., January 17, 2018) (reversing summary judgment in favor of Kellogg on Plaintiffs’ religious failure-to-accommodate claims)

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