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Christine Williams v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Case Number:
15-13552
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Government Agencies
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December 08, 2016
11th Circ. Won't Rethink Tribal Immunity In Age Bias Suit
In a brief order, an Eleventh Circuit panel on Thursday rejected a rehearing bid from a former employee of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' health department who had argued that the tribe should not be shielded from her age discrimination suit by sovereign immunity.
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November 08, 2016
11th Circ. Asked To Rethink Tribe's Immunity To Age Bias Suit
A former employee of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' health department pressed the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to reconsider tossing her age discrimination suit, arguing that the tribe should not be shielded from her claims by sovereign immunity.
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October 19, 2016
11th Circ. Finds Tribe Immune To Ex-Worker's Age Bias Suit
The Eleventh Circuit refused to revive an age discrimination suit brought by a former employee of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' health department, finding her arguments that the tribe is not shielded by sovereign immunity unpersuasive in a precedential ruling Tuesday.
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July 20, 2016
Ex-Worker Tells 11th Circ. Tribe Can't Avoid Age Bias Suit
A former employee of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians told the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday that the tribe can't claim sovereign immunity to her age discrimination claims, arguing that Congress intentionally took away the tribe's immunity to suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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May 05, 2016
Tribe Lacks Immunity From Age Bias Claim, 11th Circ. Told
A former employee of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians who sued the tribe without counsel for alleged age discrimination has lawyered up and on Wednesday appealed an Alabama federal judge's ruling that the tribe was shielded by sovereign immunity, saying Congress didn't intend to protect tribes from claims like hers.