United States Ninth Circuit

In an intentional discrimination claim, denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law is affirmed where defendant's persistent reference to plaintiff by a racially-motivated nickname supported the jury's finding of discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2004
• Decided 07/21/2005
• Published 07/21/2005

Judges

• RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge., Before T.G. NELSON, RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Krishna Balasubramani, Sather, Byerly and Holloway, LLP, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellants/cross-appellees., Patty T. Rissberger (briefed), Craig A. Crispin (argued), Crispin Employment Lawyers, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant.