United States Ninth Circuit

In a sex discrimination action by the EEOC, summary judgment for defendant-employer is reversed where the EEOC introduced adequate evidence from which a reasonable jury could conclude that the reasons defendant advanced to justify its employment actions were pretextual.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/06/2009
• Decided 08/18/2009
• Published 08/18/2009

Judges

• HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:, Before MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, MARSHA S. BERZON, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anne Noel Occhialino (authored briefs and argued), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tibor Nagy, Jr. (argued) and Erica K. Rocush (authored brief), Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Tucson, AZ, for the defendant-appellee.