Vladimirova, Detelin v. Ashcroft, John D. (Petition for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals)
Barry Aviation Inc v. Land O'Lakes Airport (WD Wis.)
Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.Zaidi, Syed v. Ashcroft, John D. (Petition for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals)
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge. Barry Aviation, Inc. filed a sevencount complaint against the defendants on November 22, 2002. The district court dismissed the counts based on 18 U.S.C. § 1961 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. It then dismissed the remaining five counts based on state law because it determined that Barry Aviation had failed to allege its state of incorporation and therefore had not alleged jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship. The district court denied leave to amend the complaint because it concluded that the statute of limitations had expired for each claim. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the case for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Harvey, R. J. v. Office of Banks & Real Estate (ND Ill.)
Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.Posted by Marcia Oddi at July 26, 2004 12:45 PM
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge. Renard J. Harvey, Ralph
King, Brian Robinson, and Dennis Wells, all African-Americans, were employees of the State of Illinois’s Office of Banks and Real Estate (OBRE). In this suit, they claimed that they had been subject to unlawful racial discrimination and retaliation on the job, in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Wells was dismissed from the case at the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence and the jury found against Robinson. Harvey and King prevailed at trial on most of their claims. The jury found that OBRE had discriminated against Harvey on the basis of race when it demoted him from a top management position. King prevailed on three claims: the jury found that he had been discriminated against on two separate occasions when he failed to receive a promotion and that OBRE retaliated against him after he complained about race discrimination in the agency’s promotion practices. OBRE appeals from these findings, contending that there is insufficient evidence to support the verdict in favor of Harvey and King. We affirm.