United States Ninth Circuit
COSTA v. DESERT PALACE, INC., 99-15645
Evidence that a male employee received more overtime than a single female employee because "he had a family," even combined with a supervisor's reference to the female employee as a "bitch," is insufficient to establish gender discrimination warranting a mixed-motive instruction in Title VII case.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/21/2002
- Decided 10/02/2001
- Published 10/02/2001
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.