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.
Read Nicholson v. Hyannis Air Serv., Inc., No. 08-15959
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted February 11, 2009
Filed September 8, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Reinhardt
Counsel
For Appellant:
Phillip Torres, Hagåtña, Guam
For Appellee:
David Ledger, Hagåtña, Guam
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