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Ames v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on January 12, 2015.

Docket No.14-355
Op. Below8th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether, in a constructive discharge case, the plaintiff must also prove, in addition to proving that discrimination created conditions so intolerable that a reasonable person would have felt compelled to resign, that the employer acted with the intent of forcing the plaintiff to resign; and (2) whether, in a constructive discharge case, the plaintiff must also prove that before resigning he or she complained sufficiently to the employer about the discrimination.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Sep 24, 2014
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 27, 2014)
Oct 8, 2014
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 26, 2014.
Nov 26, 2014
Brief of respondents Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, et al. in opposition filed.
Dec 4, 2014
Reply of petitioner Angela Ames filed.
Dec 10, 2014
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.
Jan 12, 2015
Petition DENIED.

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