United States Ninth Circuit

The district court correctly concluded that defendant should not be considered a joint employer, for Family and Medical Leave Act purposes, of the employees of various airport ground handling companies.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/09/2003
• Decided 09/15/2003
• Published 09/15/2003

Judges

• Before HILL,T.G. NELSON, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia A. Shiu,The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant., Rae T. Vann, McGuiness Norris & Williams, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council., Elizabeth A. Glidden, Hedin & Goldberg, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association., Lloyd Loomis, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae International Air Transport Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• M. Elaine Jacoby, Duane Morris, Princeton, NJ, for the defendants-appellees., Irene Solet, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the intervenor-appellee.