MARIE v. AMERICAN RED CROSS

No. 13-4052.

771 F.3d 344 (2014)

Sister Michael MARIE; Sister Mary Cabrini, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN RED CROSS; Ross County Emergency Management Agency; Mary McCord; David Bethel, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas I. Blackburn , Buckley King LPA, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. F. Joseph Nealon , Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Washington, D.C., for American Red Cross Appellees. Jeffrey A. Stankunas , Isaac Wiles Burkholder & Teetor, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Ross County Appellees. ON BRIEF: Thomas I. Blackburn , Buckley King LPA, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants. Jeffrey W. Larroca , Michael A. Graziano , Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Washington, D.C., for American Red Cross Appellees. Jeffrey A. Stankunas , Julia R. Baxter , Isaac Wiles Burkholder & Teetor, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Ross County Appellees.

Before: ROGERS and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.


OPINION

GREGORY F. VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.

Under what circumstances are volunteers protected from employment discrimination by Title VII? That is the primary, though not only, question presented in this case. Sister Michael Marie and Sister Mary Cabrini were disaster relief volunteers for the American Red Cross and the Ross County Emergency Management Agency for an extended period of time, but have not shown that they received compensation, obtained...

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