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May 16, 2006

Ohio Supreme Court | Ohio First District | U.S. 6th Circuit - Ohio | U.S. 6th Circuit - Other States
 

TOPICS:
- Pregnancy discrimination - unlawful termination
- En Banc Petition denied - Execution to proceed
 

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Reeves v. Swift Transp Co (May 16, 2006) Appeal from W.D. Tennessee
-  http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/06a0163p-06.pdf
-  This is an action for pregnancy discrimination, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k), on a theory of disparate treatment. The plaintiff, Amanda Reeves, formerly worked for the defendant-employer as an over-the-road truck driver. She claims that her former employer, Swift Transportation Company, Inc., unlawfully terminated her when she became pregnant. Swift terminated Reeves pursuant to a pregnancy-blind policy denying light-duty work to employees who could not perform heavy lifting and also were not injured on the job. The district court granted Swift's motion for summary judgment. We affirm the judgment because the terms of Swift's light-duty policy do not support an inference of pregnancy discrimination, and because Reeves has not supplied any Rule 56 evidence tending to prove pretext or discriminatory intent.
 
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Alley v. Little (May 16, 2006) Appeal from M.D. Tennessee
-  http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/06a0164p-06.pdf
-  The plaintiff is a condemned inmate in Nashville, Tennessee.  His execution is scheduled for 1:00 a.m. on May 17, 2006.  Alley objected to the state's lethal injection protocol.  Commissioner Little, asserted that the grounds on which the plaintiff challenges the department's lethal injection protocol have been considered and rejected by the Tennessee Courts. The court having received a petition for rehearing en banc, and the petition having been circulated not only to the original panel members but also to all other active judges of this court, and less than a majority of the judges having favored the suggestion, the petition for rehearing has been referred to the original panel. The panel has further reviewed the petition for rehearing and concludes that the issues raised in the petition were fully considered upon the original submission and decision of the case. Accordingly, the petition is denied.
 

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