Friday, February 21, 2014

District Court ME: In granting permanent injunction that City of Portland not enforce provision in ordinance prohibiting sitting or standing on a median other than to cross the road (designed to restrict panhandling), the court held that the ordinance was a content-based restriction on free speech because the Chief of Police and the Director of Public Services interpreted the ordinance as permitting people to access the median to place campaign signs on them yet all other reforms of free speech (including panhandling) were forbidden
Sixth Circuit: In reversing summary judgment for employer on Title VII claim brought by African American woman, the court held that plaintiff established prima-facie case of race discrimination because she was replaced by an Hispanic woman and sex discrimination because emails from her former supervisor referred to her as a “prima donna” and a “hellava bitch”; and that there was insufficient evidence under “honest belief doctrine” that employer fired plaintiff because she had lied where employer only interviewed one person during investigation
Maine House follows Senate in rejecting ‘religious freedom’ bill

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