United States Tenth Circuit

In a federal age and sex discrimination action against a non-profit corporate employer brought by plaintiffs-family members after they were simultaneously terminated from their employment by the corporation's board of directors, summary judgment for employer is affirmed, and the circuit court specifically rejects plaintiffs' assertion that "familial status" is a protected classification under Title VII. Thus, plaintiffs' claims that they were discriminated against because they were "husband, wife and daughter," were outside Title VII's scope.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2008
• Published 02/04/2008

Judges

• KANE, Senior District Judge., Before TACHA, Circuit Judge, EBEL, Senior Circuit Judge, and KANE, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Beth Regier Foerster, McCullough, Wareheim & LaBunker, PA, Topeka, KS, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Arthur E. Palmer, Goodell Stratton Edmonds & Palmer LLP, Topeka, KS, for Defendants-Appellees.