United States Ninth Circuit

A university president is entitled to qualified immunity, in an action alleging that the university's one-time base pay adjustments given to women and minority faculty violated equal protection, but a Title VII challenge was actionable against the university where fact issues exist as to whether the adjustments did more than attain a balance.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/13/2002
• Decided 12/09/2002
• Published 12/09/2002

Judges

• Before: RYMER, KLEINFELD, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas C. Horne,Horne, Ducar, Lorona & Slaton, L.L.P., Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General, and Lisa K. Hudson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendants-appellees.