Kentucky v. Graham

Holding that "an official-capacity suit is, in all respects other than name, to be treated as a suit against the entity," and that "a plaintiff seeking to recover on a damages judgment in an official-capacity suit must look to the government entity itself"

Fed. Express Corp. v. Holowecki

Holding that the EEOC "acted within its authority in formulating the rule that a filing is deemed a charge if the document reasonably can be construed to request agency action and appropriate relief on the employee’s behalf"

Venture Associates v. Zenith Data Systems

Holding "minor, non-substantive changes" in response to offer prevented contract formation under Illinois law

Edelman v. Lynchburg Coll.

Holding that a claimant's letter constituted charge and that the verified Form 5 related back to the receipt date of the letter

Schaaf v. R.F.C

Holding that the MPCFA "provides a remedy only to those actually `injured by' the wrongdoer's misconduct"

Faibisch v. University of Minnesota

Holding that checking the “sex discrimination” box on the EEOC charge form and making a conclusory allegation did not establish a reasonable relationship between the facts alleged in the EEOC charge and a sex discrimination claim

Moses.com Sec. v. Comprehensive Software

Holding the district court was justified in denying leave to amend when the court had already twice granted leave to amend and "numerous motions to dismiss had already been briefed and ruled, and discovery in the matter was now well underway"

Anderson v. Durham

Holding no dispute of fact existed simply because of the race of the individual involved in the termination

Northrup King v. Compania Productora Semillas

Holding that “[b]y not objecting to the documents and by certifying service, the Central Authority indicated that the documents complied with the Convention and that it had served them in compliance with the Convention, i.e., that it had made service as [the State's] law required”

Thanongsinh v. Board of Education

Holding that the qualified witness "need only be familiar with the company's recordkeeping practices"

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Rule 4 - Summons

Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time

Rule 9 - Pleading Special Matters

Requiring that fraud be pleaded with particularity

Section 626 - Recordkeeping, investigation, and enforcement

Adopting the statute of limitations under the Portal-to-Portal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 255

Section 1601.12 - Contents of charge; amendment of charge

Requiring that each charge contain, " [t]he full name and contact information of the person making the charge . . . , [t]he full name and contact information of the person against whom the charge is made, if known . . . , clear and concise statement of the facts . . . constituting the alleged unlawful employment practices . . . , [i]f known, the approximate number of employees of the respondent employer . . . , statement disclosing whether proceedings involving the alleged unlawful employment practice have been commenced before a State or local agency charge with the enforcement of fair employment practice laws . . ."

Rule 4 - Summons and Service of Process