United States Ninth Circuit

In an action claiming that defendant discriminated against plaintiff airline pilot on account of her sex when it suspended her from flying certain routes, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) crew resource management skills were a subjective qualification that could not be considered in evaluating a plaintiff's qualifications at the first step of the McDonnell Douglas test; and 2) similarly situated male pilots were treated more favorably than plaintiff was.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/11/2009
• Decided 09/08/2009
• Published 09/08/2009

Judges

• REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:, Before STEPHEN REINHARDT, MELVIN BRUNETTI, and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Phillip Torres, Hag℞
  
• For Appellees:
  
• David Ledger, Elyze J. McDonald, Hag℞