United States Ninth Circuit

In an employment discrimination dispute alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where defendant successfully asserted an Ellerth/Faragher defense and its employment actions were insufficiently severe to support a retaliation claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/03/2005
• Decided 11/01/2005
• Published 11/01/2005

Judges

• WALLACE, Judge:, Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Claudia Kilbreath, Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harry J.F. Korrell and Kathryn S. Loppnow, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.