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08-3568 Vance v. Ball State University
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 and 2007. Yet the record reflects that Ball State promptly investigated each complaint that she [&he[...]
10-1239 EEOC v. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
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 in this record suggests that the EEOC has strayed so far from either Thompson’s [...]
10-1523 Radentz v. Marion County
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 were terminated. “Taken as a whole, we cannot conclude that a jury would have been […]
09-3286 & 09-3468 Schandelmeier-Bartels v. Chicago Park District
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 despite the jury’s verdict in favor of the employee. “If McDonald really was the decisionmaker, […]
09-3626 Stinnett v. City of Chicago
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 and they are white, it behooved the City to give a reason or reasons for […]
10-1072 Grigsby v. LaHood
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 vacant positions and, as such, his prima facie case fails. Pafford, 148 F.3d at 670. […]
07-2249, 07-2296 & 07-2297 Thompson v. Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
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 Memorial’s request for a remittitur. The jury and district court heard extensive testimony from Thompson […]
09-2676 Finch v. Peterson
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 Police Department were permitted to adjust the results of any promotional test, ex post, in […]
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