Law Students

Brief Filed in Crawford Retaliation Supreme Court Case
Eric Schnapper (Washington) sends along the brief he helped to write on behalf of petitioner in the forthcoming Supreme Court case of Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville...

Analysis of Oral Argument Transcript in Crawford Retaliation Case
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville yesterday afternoon. Scotusblog?s Scotuswiki page on the case can be found here...

Supreme Court Takes Employment Discrimination Issue
An important employment law question will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court with a couple of Nashville lawyers on the case. The issue is “cat’s paw” liability and the employer is represented by Todd Presnell and Kara Shea in...

Does the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII protect a worker who cooperates in her employers internal investigation of sexual harassment
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that poses that question today. The case is Crawford v. Metropolitan Gov?t of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. The Sixth Circuit’s Opinion and links to all the briefs can be found here...

Retaliation is not OK under FMLA
In a recent Six Circuit case, the employer-appellant???s contention that the Family Medical Leave Act does not prohibit retaliation against an employee who takes FMLA leave was rejected by the court...

Court Sympathetic to Worker’s Retaliation Claims
Court Sympathetic to Worker’s Retaliation Claims :: Transcript of Argument in Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville (pdf)

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Music Teacher
College of the Desert agrees to $660,000 discrimination and retaliation settlement.

Police Whistleblower
Officer awarded $980,000 for whistleblower violations and retaliation.

Police Chief Whistleblower
Argentine Township agrees to pay former employee $650,000 harassment and retaliation settlement.

Whistleblower Retaliation
Frankfort to pay $500,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.