Discrimination
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Fourth Circuit Upholds The “But-For” Causation Standard For ADA Claims
By Sarah Saint On March 4, 2016, the Fourth Circuit issued a publish opinion in Gentry v. East West Partners Club Management… Read More
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Order Dismissing Discrimination Complaint Without Prejudice is not Final and Appealable
By Elizabeth DeFrance On December 9, 2015 the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion in the civil… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment on Qualified Immunity Grounds
By Sarah Saint On June 15, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case of Hunter… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Holds that Litigants Cannot Bring Public Sector Discrimination Claims Under Title II
By Sarah Walton On June 15, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the civil case of Reyazuddin… Read More
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The Fourth Circut Finds for a United Airlines Employee on a Title VII Violation
By: Mikhail Petrov On July 1, 2015, in the civil case of Pryor v. United Air Lines, Inc., the… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Holds that Nassar Does Not Alter “McDonnell Doulgas” Test
By Eric Benedict On May 21, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued its published opinion in the civil case Foster v. University… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Narrowly Construes FRSA’s Election of Remedies Provision
By Elissa Hachmeister Today, in a published opinion in the civil case of Lee v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., the… Read More
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Denial of Declaratory Judgment in Title VII Case Affirmed
By Evelyn Norton Did the District Court Abuse its Discretion in Denying Appellant’s Motions? In Pitrolo v. County of Buncombe,… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Rejects CIA Discrimination Suit
By Michael Mitchell Can the Central Intelligence Agency Be Held Liable for Discrimination in Hiring Decisions when the Plaintiff Has… Read More
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The Coming Crisis in Law Enforcement and How Federal Intervention Could Promote Police Accountability in a Post-Ferguson United States
4 Wake Forest L. Rev. Online 31 Kami Chavis Simmons*[1] Introduction Officer Darren Wilson’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown has… Read More
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Court Retains Subject Matter Jurisdiction over Employee’s “Reasonably Related” Retaliation Claim Against University
By Kelsey Kolb On September 24, in Hentosh v. Old Dominion University, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the United States District… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms District Court Decision in Employment Discrimination Case
by David Darr Today, in Baldwin v. Duke Energy Corporation, the Fourth Circuit considered Ernie Baldwin’s appeal of the Western… Read More