A Wake County man who was convicted of first-degree murder is entitled to a new trial because the trial judge allowed racially-charged statements from the prosecution during closing arguments that biased the jury, a divided North Carolina Court of ...

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Even though defendant’s human resources manager, Jeff Tingen, vehemently denies calling plaintiff a n****r, genuine issues of material fact exist concerning whether Tingen used the racial epithet and whether Tingen’s conduct was sufficiently severe to alter the conditions of plaintiff’s ...

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Young v. Onslow Water & Sewer Authority (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-004-18, 12 pp.) (James Dever III, C.J.) 7:16-cv-00259; E.D.N.C. Holding: Even if plaintiff had made out a prima facie case of race discrimination when defendant failed to promote her in ...

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McCleary-Evans v. Md. Dep’t of Transportation (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0249, 27 pp.) (Niemeyer, J.) No. 13-2488, March 13, 2015; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Blake, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: An African-American female with over 20 years’ experience as a project manager ...

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Current and former Democratic state legislators testified Tuesday that Republican legislative leaders lacked justification to draw majority-black districts to protect themselves from federal voting rights challenges during the most recent round of redistricting that favored GOP candidates.

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McCallum v. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Even though the African-American plaintiff’s position was eliminated as a result of her boss’s changing responsibilities, and even though defendant did not place plaintiff in any of its open positions, plaintiff has failed to show that defendant discriminated against her on the basis of race.

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Whitaker v. Nash County Although plaintiff did file an EEOC charge alleging race discrimination, since (1) her doctor would not certify her as fit at the end of her 12 weeks of FMLA leave, (2) defendants determined that plaintiff’s position was critical, and (3) plaintiff did not take defendants up on their offer to suggest accommodations, plaintiff has not shown that her termination was in retaliation for her EEOC charge.

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An attorney with an employment-discrimination case will most likely take the case to the nearest county courthouse to be heard by a state judge. But just as likely, the defense counsel for the employer will have it removed to federal ...

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Mosby-Grant v. City of Hagerstown (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-1238, 21 pp.) (Gregory, J.) No. 09-2161, Dec. 20, 2010; USDC at Baltimore (Legg, J.) 4th Cir. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The 4th Circuit reverses summary ...

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Coleman v. Md. Court of Appeals. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-01-1103, 11 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 09-1582, Nov. 10, 2010; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Legg, J.) 4th Cir. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: An African-American male ...

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