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Jan 27, 2020

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 […]

Mar 18, 2019

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 […]

Aug 31, 2018

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.)

Jan 15, 2018

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.)

Apr 27, 2017

Criminal Law : Batson Challenge – Pretext

State v. Harris (MLW No. 70446/Case No. ED104441 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

Mar 13, 2017

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.)

Sep 19, 2016

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.)

Jul 22, 2016

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.)

Mar 24, 2016

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.)

Feb 4, 2016

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.)

Jul 31, 2015

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.)

Jul 6, 2015

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.)

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