Every day feels like a raw wound for Omari Barksdale.
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Read More »Every day feels like a raw wound for Omari Barksdale.
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Read More »A Wisconsin appeals court says a white landlord had the right to kick a tenant out of his house because he is black.
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Read More »Construction contractor J.P. Cullen & Sons has prevailed in a racial-discrimination lawsuit after an employee of a subcontractor was unable to prove that Cullen was his de facto employer.
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Read More »Federal court jurors returned a $1.8 million verdict for the plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging race and sex discrimination and constructive discharge against defendant Kenneth Black.
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Read More »11-1957 McReynolds v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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Read More »11-2975 Harper v. C.R. England, Inc.
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Read More »11-1754 Hanners v. Trent
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Read More »The Menards home improvement chain has agreed to settle a race discrimination case for $1 million.
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Read More »10-3706 Harris v. Warrick County Sheriff’s Department
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination; employer liability Where an employer promptly investigated all the plaintiff’s complaints of discrimination, it is not liable for a hostile work environment created by co-workers. “The catering department was undoubtedly an unpleasant place for Vance between 2005 ...
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination; EEOC subpoenas Where almost all of a company’s African-American employees are in a predominantly African-American neighborhood, the EEOC’s subpoena requesting information regarding employees who expressed an interest in sales work at other offices was properly enforced. “Nothing ...
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Read More »Civil Rights Race discrimination Where a county coroner said he wanted to replace the white employees with African-American ones, summary judgment was improperly granted to the coroner on a race discrimination claim brought by providers whose contracts with the office ...
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination; cat’s paw theory Where the nominal decisionmaker had no direct contact with the discharged employee, and the employee was discharged the day after the employee’s immediate supervisor made racist comments, judgment was improperly granted to the employer ...
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination It was not race discrimination for a fire department to update its eligibility list for promotions. “Since, despite being similarly situated to Byrne and Kaveney, Stinnett was treated worse than either of them, and he is black ...
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination Where an employee was not qualified for the positions he sought, summary judgment was properly granted to the employer on his race discrimination claim. “We agree with the district court that Grigsby was not qualified for the ...
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination; damages $500,000 is an excessive damage award for discrimination that resulted in no pecuniary loss. “We review the award under an abuse of discretion standard of review, and the district court heard all the testimony and declined ...
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Read More »Employment Race discrimination Where a consent decree provided that a police department was not to make promotions based solely on race, the department is not entitled to qualified immunity when it considered race in making promotions to captain. “If the ...
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