Meites, Mulder, Mollica & Glink

Ziskie v. Mineta, No. 06-2060 (4th Cir. Nov. 14, 2008); Alleyne v. American Airlines, No. 07-1386 (2d Cir. Nov. 17, 2008); Washington v. M. Hanna Construction Co., No. 08-20351 (5th Cir. Nov. 14, 2008)

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:38:46 -0800

Rough way to start the week: Winning ugly in a Title VII appeal in the Fourth Circuit, a blown limitations period in the Second Circuit, and a flubbed amendment to a Title VII complaint in an unpublished Fifth Circuit order.

Sampath v. Concurrent Tech Corp., No. 08-2370 (3d Cir. Nov. 13, 2008); Rund v. Charter Communications, Inc., No. 07-15595 (9th Cir. Nov. 14, 2008); Montgomery v. Chao, No. 07-5255 (D.C. Cir. Nov. 13, 2008)

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:27:05 -0800

Welcome to the sad, week-ending cavalcade of the hobbled and lame: three decisions (two unpublished) affirming summary judgment, none showing a glimmer of life on appeal.

EEOC vs. General Motors Corp., No. 07-60886 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 2008); Ladner vs. Hancock Medical Center, No. 07-60802 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 2008)

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:57:47 -0800

The Fifth Circuit issues two employee-friendly decisions -- one under Title VII, the other under the FMLA -- both on the same day, and who knew? In an act of judicial humility, they went unpublished.

Lightner v. City of Wilmington, No. 07-1442 (4th Cir. Nov. 3, 2008); Andonissamy v. Hewlett-Packard Co., No. 07-2387 (7th Cir. Nov. 7, 2008)

Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:41:58 -0800

My regrets about the long delay between entries -- a raft of depositions and a presidential election intervened. In the hopes of making things up, here are two Title VII cases from this week, both defense wins and both with opinions that simply could not mean what they say (at least, I hope not).

Leister v. Dovetail, Inc., No. 07-2242 (7th Cir. Oct. 23, 2008)

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:05:30 -0700

Lightning strikes twice! For the second day in a row, Judge Richard Posner writes a decision affirming a judgment for an ERISA participant, and this time remands the plaintiff back for more relief on her cross-appeal. (And look for my editorial at the end of the post.)