Showing posts with label Retaliation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retaliation. Show all posts
Thursday, September 12, 2024

10th Circuit: School Administrator Fired Over Religious Comments Has Discrimination, But Not Retaliation, Claim

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 In McNellis v. Douglas County School District , (10th Cir., Sept. 10, 2024), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of r...
Monday, September 09, 2024

Factual Issues Remain in Chaplain's Suit Over Ouster for Anti-Trans Blog Post

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 In Fox v. City of Austin ,  (WD TX, Sept. 4, 2024), a Texas federal district court refused to grant summary judgment to either side on seve...
Monday, September 02, 2024

6th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Muslim Inmate's Religious Accommodation Complaints

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 In Mustin v. Wainwright ,  (6th Cir., Aug. 27, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of free exercise, RLUIPA...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Claims That College Encouraged Jewish Plaintiffs to File Antisemitism Claims Are Dismissed

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As previously reported , five Orthodox Jewish faculty members at New York's Kingsborough Community College are suing the school, the fac...
Friday, June 14, 2024

Court Upholds Firing of Nurse with Religious Objections to Flu Vaccine

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In French v. Albany Medical Center ,  (ND NY, June 12, 2024), a New York federal district court upheld a hospital's firing of a nurse wh...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Religious Discrimination Claim for Denial of Personal Leave Moves Ahead

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In Balchan v. New Rochelle City School District , (SD NY, May 7, 2024), a New York federal district court refused to dismiss claims of relig...
Friday, March 01, 2024

LGBTQ+ Support Group Fights Texas AG's Demand for Information

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Suit was filed this week in a Texas state trial court by PFLAG, a national support group for LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, seeking ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Principal Can Move Ahead with Claim He Was Nonrenewed Because of Speech to Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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In Littlefield v. Weld County School District RE-5J ,  (D CO, Oct. 19, 2023), a Colorado federal district court refused to dismiss a retalia...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Jewish Faculty at NY College Can Move Ahead with Hostile Work Environment Lawsuit

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In Lax v. City University of New York ,  (NY Kings Cty. Sup. Ct., Aug. 24, 2023), a New York state trial court allowed five Orthodox Jewish ...
Monday, April 10, 2023

7th Circuit: Accommodating Teacher's Religious Beliefs as To Transgender Students Imposed Undue Hardship

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 In Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp. , (7th Cir., April 7, 2023), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision upheld a...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Fire Chief's Religious Discrimination Claim

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On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit heard oral arguments in Hittle v. City of Stockton ( video of full oral arguments )...
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Nuns' Hostile Work Environment and Retaliation Claims Can Move Forward

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In Brandenburg v. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America ,  (SD NY, Feb. 23, 2023), a New York federal district court held that it can ...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Claims Against Social Worker Who Questioned Foster Parents' Religion Is Dismissed

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 In Sarmiento v. Marquez ,  (ND CA, Nov. 10, 2022), a California federal district court dismissed religious discrimination and retaliation c...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Suit Challenges Refusal to Grant Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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Suit was filed last week in a New Jersey state trial court by a Behavioral Support Technician at a state-operated group home who was fired a...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Prof Who Criticized Native American Grave Repatriation Laws Can Move Ahead with Retaliation Suit

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In Weiss v. Perez , (ND CA, Oct. 19, 2022), a California federal district court allowed a tenured professor of physical anthropology at San ...
Friday, October 14, 2022

Pre-School Teacher Sues After Being Fired For Her Stance On Same-Sex Marriage

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A child-care employee who was fired by her employer for refusing to read to her pre-schoolers books that celebrate same-sex relationships ha...

Religious Questioning Of Muslim Travelers By Border Officers Upheld

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In Kariye v. Mayorkas , (CD CA, Oct. 12, 2022), three Muslim plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security alleging that border office...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Christian Flight Attendants Sue After Being Fired For Their Posted Views On LGBTQ Rights

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Washington federal district court by two Alaska Air flight attendants who allege, under Title VII and state an...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Priest's Suit For Reinstatement Dismissed

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In  Iwuchukwu v. Archdiocese for the Military Services ,(D DC, Feb. 11, 2022), the D.C. federal district court dismissed a suit by a former ...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Teacher Who Refused To Address Transgender Students By Preferred Names Loses Title VII Suit

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In Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation , (SD IN, July 12, 2021), an Indiana federal district court dismissed a suit by a former...