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Employment: Disability Discrimination-Pretext
Where an assistant college professor brought claims including discriminatory discharge based on disability following her termination, the plaintiff did not identify facts to support a cat’s paw theory and did not raise this argument before the district court, and the judgment s affirmed because the defendant put forth the plaintiff’s sexual relationship with a student […]
Employment Law: Age Discrimination-Retaliation-Pretext
Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of his Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII complaint, arguing that the district court erroneously granted adverse summary judgment on his discrimination and retaliation claims after he established pretext. Where the record supported the determination that plaintiff failed to prove that the reasons for his termination were pretextual, his […]
Employer – Employee : ADA – ADEA – Pretext
Lindeman v. St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City (MLW No. 71985/Case No. 17-3067 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)
Employer – Employee : Discrimination – Gender – Pretext
Rooney v. Rock-Tenn Converting Company (MLW No. 71319/Case No. 16-3631 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gerrard, J.)
Criminal Law : Batson Challenge – Pretext
State v. Harris (MLW No. 70446/Case No. ED104441 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)
Employer – Employee : Age Discrimination – Pretext – Minnesota Law
Nash v. Optomec, Inc. (MLW No. 70250/Case No. 16-2186 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)
Employer – Employee : Age Discrimination – Pretext – Minnesota Law
Haggenmiller v. ABM Parking Services, Inc. (MLW No. 69703/Case No. 15-3107 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)
Civil Rights : Race Discrimination – Cat’s Paw Analysis – Pretext
Cherry v. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. (MLW No. 69447/Case No. 15-1930 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)
Criminal Law : Batson – Equal Protection – Pretext
State v. Rashad (MLW No. 68945/Case No. ED102361 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)
Employer – Employee : Retaliation – Pretext
Hutton v. Maynard (MLW No. 68750/Case No. 15-1300 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)
Criminal Law : Inventory Search – Pretext
U.S. v. Harris (MLW No. 68131/Case No. 14-3234 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)
Employer – Employee : Gender Discrimination – Promotion – Pretext
Cox v. First National Bank (MLW No. 68022/Case No. 14-3077 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)
Latest Opinion Digests
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
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- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
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