United States Tenth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants, muncipality and officials, in a case brought by plaintiffs-employees asserting claims of discrimination as to an English-only policy is reversed as to claims under Title VII alleging disparate-treatment and disparate-impact, and intentional discrimination and equal protect claims under civil rights laws.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/12/2006
• Published 01/12/2006

Judges

• HARTZ, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR and HARTZ, Circuit Judges, and BRACK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark E. Hammons (Tamara L. Gowens, with him on the brief) of Hammons & Associates, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Tina L. Izadi, American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK;  Anne Noel Occhialinio (Eric S. Dreiband, General Counsel;  Vincent J. Blackwood, Acting Associate General Counsel;  Carolyn L. Wheeler, Assistant General Counsel, with her on the brief), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret McMorrow-Love, Oklahoma City, OK (David W. Kirk of Lytle, Soule & Curlee, Oklahoma City, OK, with her on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees, City of Altus, OK, and Michael Nettles., Ambre Camille Gooch (David W. Lee with her on the brief), of Comingdeer, Lee & Gooch, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellee, Holmes Willis.