United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiffs in sex discrimination suit against employer were entitled to punitive damages under Title VII, and the cap on such damages deemed constitutional; cap on compensatory and punitive damages does not apply to front pay awards or to claims under Washington state law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2001
• Decided 04/11/2002
• Published 04/11/2002

Judges

• Before: PREGERSON, THOMAS, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard C. Eymann,Eymann, Allison, & Hunter, Spokane, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants., James Michael Kalamon, Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller, Spokane, WA, for the defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.