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4 Jun 2019, 4:53 am by Joy Waltemath
A white married couple who fired an African-American nanny the same day she arrived at their home, shortly after discovering that the wife had accidentally sent her a text meant for the husband stating “NOOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER BLACK PERSON,” failed to convince a federal district court in New York to dismiss the nanny’s Section 1981 race bias claim. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 1:14 pm by Brian Stull
As these cases show, the states’ applications of the death penalty have exposed individuals to execution who should have been protected because of their intellectual disability (Moore v. [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 8:07 am by Joy Waltemath
And because the couple made a plausible Title VII and Equal Pay Act claim, the court also refused to dismiss their state law claims as preempted by ERISA. [read post]
1 Jan 2008, 7:27 am
The decline of the past two years was the result of a reduction in appeals from administrative agency decisions involving the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), as well as decreases in criminal appeals and federal prisoner petitions brought about by the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 2:36 pm
Meredith also made a bias claim. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 11:21 am
" The Appellate Division rejected Canna's claim the hearing officer was biased, holding that Canna failed to present "a factual demonstration to support the allegation of bias and proof that the outcome [of the hearing officers findings and recommendation] flowed from it. [read post]
5 Jul 2017, 7:03 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Schlosser PDF Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 2:01 am
iStock_000003589389Medium.jpg While noting general agreement that FRE 606(b) precludes inquiry into the validity of a verdict based on a juror’s testimony about racial or ethnic comments made “during the course of deliberations,” First Circuit finds the rule “cannot be applied so inflexibly as to bar juror testimony in those rare and grave cases where claims of racial or ethnic bias during jury deliberations implicate a… [read post]
11 Jun 2007, 8:03 am
Solicitor General to provide the government's views on whether states have any authority to bar cell phone companies from listing taxes and fees as separate items on customers' monthly bills (Sprint Nextel v. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 6:34 am by Joy Waltemath
Observing that in this case “the context is almost as suspicious as the timing,” a federal district court in Illinois allowed an employee who was fired 11 days after announcing her pregnancy, and who had never received any written or oral complaints about her job performance prior to her termination, to proceed to trial on her Title VII gender bias claim (Fandel v Frost Lighting Co of Illinois, July 25, 2013, Dow, R, Jr). [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 5:26 am by Rosalind English
R (on the application of Cart) (Appellant) v The Upper Tribunal (Respondent); R (on the application of MR (Pakistan)) (FC) (Appellant) v The Upper Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum Chamber) and Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2011] UKSC 28, 22/6/2011 – read judgment; press summary here Unappealable decisions of the Upper Tribunal are still subject to judicial review by the High Court, but only… [read post]
26 Feb 2020, 3:50 am by Edith Roberts
Adam Liptak reports for The New York Times that during yesterday’s argument in United States v. [read post]