United States Ninth Circuit

Absent substantial evidence of conduct or statements by decision- makers directly reflecting discriminatory animus, the giving of a mixed-motive instruction rather than a pretext instruction is improper in a gender discrimination/wrongful termination case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/21/2002
• Decided 12/29/2000
• Published 12/29/2000

Judges

• Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ, KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, GRABER, McKEOWN, FISHER, GOULD, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert N. Peccole, Peccole & Peccole, Ltd., Las Vegas, NV, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark J. Ricciardi,David B. Dornak, Michael J. Shannon, Ricciardi Law Group, Las Vegas, NV, for defendant-appellant.