No. 21-434
Mary E. Canning v. Creighton University
Tags: circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination eighth-circuit jury-consideration material-fact material-facts retaliation standard-of-review summary-judgment
Latest Conference:
2021-12-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
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.
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
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
Mary E. Canning
Rebecca R. Messall — Messall Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner