7th Cir. 15-1720 Case History

Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College
No. 15-1720, Docket 

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Panel: Circuit Judges William J. Bauer, Kenneth F. Ripple, and Ilana Diamond Rovner
En Banc Panel: Chief Judge Wood; Circuit Judges Bauer, Posner, Flaum, Easterbrook, Ripple, Kanne, Rovner, Williams, and Hamilton

Appealed from :

• Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College (N.D. Ind., No: 3:14-cv-01791)
  • Opinion and Order (03/03/2015) and Judgment (03/04/2015)
    • Granting Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss
  • Notice of Appeal (04/02/2015)

MOTION FOR INTIAL EN BANC HEARING (Denied)

• Appellant’s Motion for Initial En Banc Consideration of Appeal (05/12/2015)
• ORDER – Motion Denied (06/10/2015)

BRIEFS ON THE MERITS

• Opening Brief (Corrected) of Appellant Kimberly Hively with short appendix (05/12/2015)
• Response Brief of Appellee Ivy Tech Committee College with supplemental appendix (06/11/2015)
• Reply Brief of Appellant Kimberly Hively (06/25/2015)

Citations of Additional Authority

• Appellant Hively  – Complainant v. Foxx and Boutillier v. Hartford School Dist. (07/17/2015)
  • Appellee’s Response (07/23/2015)
• Appellant Hively  – Isaacs v. Felder Servs., Inc. and Videckis v. Peppersine Univ. (12/16/2015)
  • Appellee’s Response (12/21/2015)
  • Hively’s Reply Letter (12/29/2015)

ORAL ARGUMENT (Panel)

• Oral argument held September 30, 2015; AUDIO
• Circuit Judges William J. Bauer, Kenneth F. Ripple, and Ilana Diamond Rovner

• Presenting Argument (55 minutes per side)
  • Gregory R. Nevins,  for Appellant Kimberly Hively
  • John Robert Maley,  for Appellee Ivy Tech Community College

PANEL OPINION

• OPINION  (amended Aug 3) by Judge Rover and Final Judgment (07/28/2016)
  • District Court is Affirmed
• Opinion and Judgment VACATED by order granting rehearing en banc (10/11/2016)

PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (Granted)

• Plaintiff-Appellant Kimberly Hively’s Petition (08/25/2016)
• Defendant-Appellee Ivy Tech Community College’s Answer (09/12/2016)

Amicus Briefs in favor of granting rehearing

• Five Members of Congress (08/25/2016)
• ACLU, et al. (08/25/2016)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (08/25/2016)
• NCLR and GLAD (08/24/2016)

• ORDER  (10/11/2016)
  • Petition Granted
  • Panel opinion and judgment vacated
• Argument set for Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 10am
• EEOC Motion to participate in oral argument (10/13/2016)
  • Granted (10/14/2016)

REHEARING EN BANC 

• Argued  Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 10am; AUDIO; See also key to audio
• Before Chief Judge Diane P. Wood and Circuit Judges William J. Bauer, Richard A. Posner, Joel M. Flaum, Frank H. Easterbrook, Kenneth F. Ripple, Michael S. Kanne, Ilana Diamond Rovner, Ann Claire Williams, Diane S. Sykes,  and David F. Hamilton

• Arguing for Appellant Kimberly Hively (30 minutes)
  • Gregory Nevins, attorney for Kimberly Hively (25 minutes total)
  • Gail Coleman, attorney for amicus curiae EEOC (5 minutes total)
  • Appellant reserves 4 minutes for rebuttal
• Arguing for Appellee Ivy Tech Community College (30 minutes)
  • John R. Maley, attorney for Ivy Tech Community College

Citations of Additional Authority

• Amicus Curiae EEOC – EEOC v. Scott Medical Health Center (11/08/2016)
• Plaintiff-Appellant Hively (joining EEOC) – EEOC v. Scott Medical Health Center (11/14/2016)
• Defendant-Appellee Ivy Tech, on stare decisis  – Westbrook v. Ulrich, 7th Cir. (11/28/2016)
• Plaintiff-Appellant Hively  – Boutillier v. Hartford Pub. Sch. (11/29/2016)
• Defendant-Appellee Ivy Tech – Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, 11th Cir. (03/13/2017)
  • Plaintiff-Appellant Hively  – Response to Ivy Tech (03/15/2017)
• Plaintiff-Appellant Hively – Christiansen v. Omnicom Group, 2nd Cir. (03/28/2017)

EN BANC OPINION

• OPINION  and Judgment (04/04/2014) [Internet citation note]
• District Court is reversed; case is remanded for further proceedings
• Chief Judge Wood, for the majority
• Judge Posner, concurrence
• Judge Flaum, joined by Ripple, concurrence in which he joins in Part I and II of the majority opinion
• Judge Sykes, joined by Judges Bauer and Kanne, dissents
• MANDATE ISSUED (04/26/2017)

CASE MANAGEMENT

• Case Docketed April 2, 2105
• Parties’ Docketing Statements
  • Plaintiff-Appellant (04/09/2015)
  • Defendant-Appellee (04/21/2015)

Current through Docket #82+1, 04/26/2017