Summary judgment is the employer’s go-to defense to a discrimination lawsuit. For a few decades now, many Federal judges have used summary judgment as a tool for clearing his/her docket. But, in Dabassi v. Motiva Enterprises, No. 23-20166 (5th Cir. 7/16/2024), the court of appeals reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment. In
The Seventh Circuit in Chicago has issued a remarkable decision,. In Ortiz v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., No. 15-2574, the three judge panel overturned a series of cases regarding a so-called “convincing mosaic” test. The decision starts as a normal three judge panel decision discussing Mr. Ortiz and his summary judgment. The lower court granted
In the recent case of Veasey v. Abbott, No. 14-41127 (5th Cir. 7/20/2016), a rare en banc panel struck down Texas’ strict voter identification law. En banc is a rare procedure. It means the entire court hears a re-hearing of a prior case. The plaintiffs lost a previous hearing which was heard by a