United States Ninth Circuit

A Title VII plaintiff presented sufficient direct evidence of discrimination to defeat summary judgment, and sanctions against plaintiff's attorney are reversed despite ex parte communications with defendant's employee, under the "managing-speaking agent" rule.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/12/2001
• Decided 07/22/2003
• Published 07/22/2003

Judges

• Before:  GOODWIN, GRABER, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ian E. Silverberg, Reno, NV, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Miranda Du, McDonald Carano Wilson McCune Bergin Frankovich & Hicks, LLP, Reno, NV, for the defendant-appellee.