Legal Opinion
James W. Coghlan v. American Seafoods Company LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2005No. 03-35314PublishedCited by 261 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the showing necessary for an employee to prevail against his employer’s motion for summary judgment in this employment discrimination case is heightened because the person who demoted him had previously appointed and promoted him; if so, we must decide whether the employee’s evidence of discrimination is sufficient to meet the heightened burden.
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James Coghlan is a resident of Washington and a commercial fisherman. From 1997 onward, he was employed by American Seafoods Company LLC (ASC), which operates fishing vessels off the coast of the…
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