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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60604 October 16, 2014 Before FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge No. 12‐1723 WARNETHER A. MUHAMMAD, Ap

ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Warnether Muhammad alleges that his coworkers at Caterpillar, Inc., created a hostile work environment by subjecting him to sexual and racial harassment and that his supervisor retaliated by suspending him after he complained about it. Upon receiving a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Muhammad sued Caterpillar under Title

503 F.3d 974 (2007) Cynthia CORRIE, on their own behalf and as Personal Representatives of Rachel Corrie and her next of kin, including her siblings; Craig Corrie, on their own behalf and as Personal Representatives of Rachel Corrie and her next of kin, including her siblings; Mahmoud Omar Al Sho'bi; Fathiya Muhammad Sulayman Fayed; Fayez Ali Mohammed Abu Hussein; Majeda Radwan Abu Hussein; Eida Ibrahim Suleiman Khalafallah, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Jeffrey Cole, United States Magistrate Judge INTRODUCTION Caterpillar and Miller had a decades-long, mutually beneficial business relationship, during which Miller shared confidential information and trade secrets with Caterpillar. In 2008, Caterpillar suddenly severed that relationship and began manufacturing a product that previously had utilized and allegedly depe

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CYNTHIA CORRIE, on their own  behalf and as Personal Representatives of Rachel Corrie and her next of kin, including her siblings; CRAIG CORRIE, on their own behalf and as Personal Representatives of Rachel Corrie and her next of kin, including her No. 05-36210 siblings; MAHMOUD OMAR AL SHO’BI; FATHIYA MUHAMMAD  D.C. No.

MEMORANDUM DECISION TIMOTHY A. BARNES, Judge. The matter before the court arises out of the Amended Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the “Amended Motion to Dismiss ”) filed by Byron Reed (the “Defendant”), seeking dismissal of the Complaint Objecting to Discharge of Debt Owed to A & H Caring Connections, Inc., under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A)

742 F.Supp.2d 1268 (2010) Veronica MUHAMMAD, Plaintiff, v. COMANCHE NATION CASINO, Defendant. Case No. CIV-09-968-D. United States District Court, W.D. Oklahoma. September 28, 2010. *1270 Jeremy D. Looper, Jason B. Reynolds, Griffin Reynolds & Associates, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff. James M. Burson, William R. No

MEMORANDUM OPINION MICHAEL P. MILLS, Chief Judge. Plaintiff Tabbie Hazzard filed suit against Express Services, Inc., and Navistar Defense, LLC, claiming she was terminated on the basis of her gender in violation of Title VII. Express and Navistar filed motions for summary judgment [65, 63]. Plaintiff thereafter amended her complaint adding Griffin West Point, LLC, as a defendant. Griffin filed a Motion t

Docket No. 85246–Agenda 35–September 1998. RIVER PARK, INC., et al. , Appellees, v. THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, Appellant. JUSTICE McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court: This case arises from the efforts of plaintiffs River Park, Inc., Spatz & Company, and Country Club Estates, Ltd., to develop a parcel of real estate located within d

703 N.E.2d 883 (1998) 184 Ill.2d 290 234 Ill.Dec. 783 RIVER PARK, INC., et al., Appellees, v. The CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, Appellant. No. 85246. Supreme Court of Illinois. November 19, 1998. *884 William R. Quinlan, Michael I. Rothstein, David M. Jenkins, Jean M. Prendergast and Gino

SIM LAKE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Plaintiff Jason Alexander and 486 other plaintiffs ("Plaintiffs") filed this action on May 29, 2018, in the 215th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, against defendants The Woodlands Land Development Company L.P., The Howard Hughes Corporation, LJA Engineering, Inc., and James R. Bowles (collectively, "Defendants") asserting claims for negligence, gross negligence, and violations o

417 F.Supp.2d 811 (2006) Sharon HALEY, guardian/parent and next best friend of Jerome Davis, a minor Plaintiff v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY Defendant No. 5:05 CV 113 DCB JCS. United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Western Division. March 2, 2006. *812 Kevin Dwight Muhammad, Kevin Dwight Muhammad & Associates, Fayette, MS, f

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge. Henry Ortiz worked as a freight broker for Werner Enterprises, Inc., for seven years until his discharge in 2012. Werner says that it fired Ortiz for falsifying business records. Ortiz says that Werner fired him because of his Mexican ethnicity, and he sued Werner under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the Illinois Human Rights Act, 775 ILCS 5/1-101 to 5/10-104.

*1191OPINION Myron H. Thompson, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE This is an employment-discrimination case. Plaintiff Roger Isaacs alleges that defendant Felder Services, LLC, his former employer, (1) discriminated against him (by firing him) on the basis of his sex, gender non-conformity, and sexual orientation; (2) subjected him to sexual harassment

398 F.Supp.2d 522 (2005) Sharon HALEY, guardian/parent and next best friend of Jerome Davis, a minor Plaintiff v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY Defendant. No. CIV.A. 5:05CV113-DCB. United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Western Division. October 18, 2005. *523 Kevin Dwight Muhammad, Kevin Dwight Muhammad & Associates, Fayette,

ORDER R. BROOKE JACKSON, District Judge. Plaintiff moves to remand this case to state court for lack of federal question jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed below, the Court grants the motion. Therefore, the Court does not consider defendant’s pending motion to dismiss. Facts Plaintiffs filed this case in the Denver District Court on April 5, 2011. They all

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ Nos. 20-1616 & 20-1701 MONDELEZ GLOBAL LLC, Petitioner / Cross-Respondent, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent / Cross-Petitioner, and BAKERY, CONFECTIONARY, TOBACCO WORKERS AND GRAIN MILLERS INTERNATIONAL

II. ANALYSIS A. Hostile Work Environment Based on Sexual Orientation At the heart of this case are Plaintiffs' allegations that they were subjected to a hostile work environment on the basis of sexual orientation in violation of DCHRA.13 To the detriment of their allegations, Plaintiffs have adopted an "everything but the kitchen sink" litigation strategy, by wh

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge. Dr. Laura Hatcher was denied tenure by Southern Illinois University (SIU), and claims that it was because she is a woman, assisted a student in reporting an incident of sexual harassment by an SIU faculty member, and filed a charge against SIU with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. SIU responds that it denied Dr. Hatcher tenure because she produced insufficient scholarship. We agree with t

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, United States District Judge In 2014, Plaintiff Lynn Sanchez worked as a parish assistant for Defendants Catholic Bishop of Chicago and Archdiocese of Chicago. Defendants terminated her employment in November of that year, ostensibly because she engaged in unprofessional conduct by yelling, swearing, and spitting at her supervisor. Plaintiff claims she was terminated because she complained about another worker'