William Kelly v. Graphic Packaging International, LLC

Whether the Seventh Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(c)(1) guarantee a jury trial when a plaintiff seeks compensatory or punitive damages for retaliation under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, precluding a district court from striking a timely jury demand and conducting a bench trial.

Whether a district court’s grant of summary judgment on ADA discrimination and accommodation claims—despite genuine disputes of material fact—and its later factual findings that the employer’s “restriction-free” return-to-work rule violated the ADA, demonstrate the kind of credibility-laden disputes that Rule 56 and the Seventh Amendment reserve for a jury, requiring reversal.

Whether the Sixth Circuit violated Federal Rule 52(a)(6) and the Seventh Amendment by affirming a bench judgment that rested on credibility determinations a jury should have made after the district court erroneously denied Petitioner his jury right.