Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Michael v. CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES
552 U.S. 1258
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2008-03-17
- Topic
- commercial
holding that placement on a brief paid administrative leave and a 90-day performance-improvement plan might dissuade a reasonable employee from making or supporting a charge of discrimination | holding that the trial court’s imposition of consecutive sentences based on its own factual findings violated the defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights | granting certiorari to consider “[wjhether the Sixth Amendment, as construed in Ap-prendi ... and Blakely ... requires that facts (other than prior convictions) necessary to imposing consecutive sentences be found by the jury or admitted by the defendant” | facts supporting imposition of consecutive sentences must be admitted or found by a jury | imposition of consecutive sentences based on judicial factfinding violates the Sixth Amendment | denying employer’s motion for summary judgment on FMLA claim
Citator
- Cited by
- 27 opinions
SHONTA MICHAEL
v.
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES
No. 07-902
Supreme Court of United States.
March 17, 2008.The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.