No. 21-434

Mary E. Canning v. Creighton University

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination eighth-circuit jury-consideration material-fact material-facts retaliation standard-of-review summary-judgment
Key Terms:
Arbitration SocialSecurity ERISA EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2021-12-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit improperly borrowed part of the standard in FRCP 50 to review a summary judgment under FRCP 56

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Eighth Circuit improperly borrowed part of the standard in FRCP 50 to review a summary judgment under FRCP 56, where the panel’s failure to adhere to the standard of “disputes of material fact” deprived Petitioner of a jury’s consideration of the employer’s lack of credence regarding discrimination and retaliation, thereby conflicting with panels in the Second and Third Circuits and this Court’s rulings in Tolan,' Reeves? and St. Mary’s Honor Center.* ! Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U.S. 650 (2014) (per curiam). 2 Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prod., Inc., 530 U.S. 133 (2000). 3 St. Mary’s Honor Center v. Hicks, 509 U.S. 502 (1993).

Docket Entries

2021-12-06
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
2021-11-04
Reply of petitioner Mary E. Canning filed.
2021-10-21
Brief of respondent Creighton University in opposition filed.
2021-09-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2021)

Attorneys

Creighton University
David R. BuntainCline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP, Respondent
David R. BuntainCline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP, Respondent
Henry Laurence WiedrichCline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP, Respondent
Henry Laurence WiedrichCline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, LLP, Respondent
Mary E. Canning
Rebecca R. MessallMessall Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
Rebecca R. MessallMessall Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner