United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment against plaintiff's claim of wrongful discharge is reversed where plaintiff offered sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether her refusal to facilitate her employer's discriminatory conduct constituted expressive conduct on a matter of public concern.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/03/2004
• Decided 08/16/2004
• Published 08/16/2004

Judges

• FISHER, Circuit Judge., Before: GOODWIN, McKEOWN and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas M. Steenson and Beth Creighton, Steenson, Schumann, Tewksbury & Rose, P.C., Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marjorie A. Speirs, Hoffman, Hart & Wagner, LLP, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellees.