MEMORANDUM AND ORDER J. PHIL GILBERT, District Judge. This matter comes before the Court on defendant Syngenta AG's ("SAG") motion to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) for lack of personal jurisdiction (Doc. 26). The plaintiffs have responded to the motion (Doc. 112), and SAG has replied to that response (Doc. 134). The plaintiffs have submitted supplemental authority in opposition to the motion (Doc. 186), and SAG has responded to that supplemental authority (Doc....
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER STIEHL, District Judge: Before the Court are several pending motions, including: Joint motion to dismiss filed by defendants Illinois State Board of Elections and the State of Illinois (Doc. 25), to which plaintiff has filed a response (Doc. 48) and defendants a reply (Doc. 49); a motion to dismiss filed by defendant Jersey Community Unit School District # 100's ("School District") (Doc. 29), to which plaintiff has filed a response (Doc. 57); a motion to dismiss filed by...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REAGAN, District Judge: A. Introduction and Procedural Overview Amsted Rail, Inc. ("Amsted") manufactures freight car and locomotive undercarriage components at a production facility in Granite City, Illinois, located within this Judicial District. In January 2010, two hourly-paid employees, both union members working at the Granite City plant (Chester Marshall and Richard Whitby), filed suit in this Court alleging that they and other similarly situated employees were...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER STIEHL, District Judge. Before the Court is defendants', individual members of the City of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Board of Police Commissioners named in their official capacities 1 ("Board"), motion for summary judgment against plaintiff pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 (Doc. 72). This Court previously granted this motion, as plaintiff had not responded, but reopened the case for reconsideration of the summary judgment motion. After the Court granted...
ORDER DAVID R. HERNDON, Chief Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Both of the above captioned cases are multi-plaintiff actions originally brought in California State Court against various Bayer entities (collectively, the "Bayer Defendants") (all non-California citizens), and McKesson Corporation ("McKesson") (a citizen of California and Delaware). The gravamen of Plaintiffs' claims is that the Bayer Defendants made false representations and concealed material facts concerning the safety and efficacy...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION AS TO PLAINTIFF MARVIN WRIGHT (DOC. 261) REAGAN, District Judge: A. Introduction and Procedural Overview On September 4, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a three-count employment discrimination action against Casino Queen, Inc., under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq., as amended, the Illinois Human Rights Act, 775 ILCS 5/1-109, et seq., and state common law (the latter claims based on this Court's pendent...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (Denying Doc. 137 the Casino Queen's motion for summary judgment as to Lawrence Burton) REAGAN, District Judge. I. Introduction On September 4, 2007, Lawrence Burton ("Burton") was among the 20 original plaintiffs who brought this action against his employer, Casino Queen, Inc. ("Casino Queen"). Burton's complaint is brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. ("Title VII") and 42 U.S.C. 1981, and alleges that the...
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER STIEHL, District Judge: Before the Court is the defendant's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 14) to which the plaintiff has filed a response (Doc. 19) and the defendant a reply (Doc. 20). The plaintiff, Kyle Corrington, filed his single count complaint against the United States asserting that plaintiff, who is employed by Shred-It, was injured on both July 16, 2008, and October 1, 2008, when, during the course of his employment, he was stuck on both occasions by a used...
