RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT STEPHEN C. RIEDLINGER, United States Magistrate Judge. Before the court is Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Record document number 25. The motion is opposed. 1 Plaintiff Santwala Williams filed this action alleging that she was subjected to sexual harassment by a male co-employee, Delvin Coston, and was subsequently terminated in retaliation for attempting to file a sexual harassment complaint with her employer. At the time of the...
MEMORANDUM RULING S. MAURICE HICKS, JR., District Judge. Before this Court is a Motion for Summary Judgment [Record Document 12], filed on behalf of the Plaintiff, Union Pacific Railroad Company ("Union Pacific"). Union Pacific seeks a declaration from this Court that, as a matter of law, Act No. 530, enacted as Louisiana Revised Statute 48:394, and Louisiana Public Service Commission General Order No. R-30712 are facially preempted under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of...
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT JAMES J. BRADY, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on a motion for summary judgment by the defendant, Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College ("the Board"). (Doc. 45.) Plaintiff, Darlene C. Goring, filed an opposition. (Doc. 57.) Defendant filed a reply. (Doc. 60.) This Court's jurisdiction exists pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331. Oral argument is not necessary. For the following...
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S SECOND MOTION TO DISMISS JAMES J. BRADY, District Judge. Defendant, Commissioner of Internal Revenue ("Commissioner"), filed this motion to dismiss. (Doc. 30.) Plaintiffs, Ben Williams, Sr., and Diana J. Williams, filed an opposition. (Doc. 32.) Commissioner filed a reply. (Doc. 34.) This Court's jurisdiction exists pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331. Oral argument is not necessary. After consideration of the above documents, the Court GRANTS Commissioner's motion with...