Legal Opinion

Couveau v. American Airlines, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 17, 2000No. 99-55032PublishedCited by 101 opinions

1Per curiam

Lynn Couveau brought an employment discrimination action against American Airlines under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Cal. Gov’t Code § 12900 et seq.2 She alleged that American wrongfully failed to- reinstate her from medical leave, wrongfully terminated her employment, and denied her full benefits and backpay on reinstatement. American Airlines moved for summary judgment on a multiplicity of grounds. The district court granted the motion summarily, without identifying which of American’s grounds it found persuasive. Nothing else in the record reveals the basis, for…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Del P. Henry, Jr., a Single Man, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Gill Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  3. Marsha Godwin v. Hunt Wesson, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  4. West v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
  5. Mary Bradley v. Harcourt, Brace and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by101 opinions

  1. Andres M. Martinez v. G.D. Stanford W. Owen M. Atkinson D. Rockholt J. StovallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  2. Jarrow Formulas, Inc. v. Nutrition Now, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  3. Danjaq LLC v. Sony Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  4. Joshua Liam Josephs, AKA Joshua Liam Joesphs, Joshua Liam Josepths v. Pacific Bell, Does, 1-30, InclusiveCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  5. In Re Thomas R. Beaty and Nancy Z. Beaty, Debtors, Thomas R. Beaty v. David SelingerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002

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