Legal Opinion

Soo Cheol Kang v. U. Lim America, Inc., Tae Jin Yoon, Does 1-100

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 15, 2002No. 00-55583PublishedCited by 140 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge JAMES R. BROWNING; Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.

JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

Soo Cheol Kang (Kang) appeals summary judgment in favor of his employer on Title VII and state law tort claims. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

*814IBackground

Kang is a United States citizen of Korean national origin. In April 1994, he began working for a California corporation called U. Lim America, Inc. All of U. Lim America’s employees shared Korean heritage. Tae Jin Yoon (Yoon) was Kang’s supervisor. Yoon subjected Kang and other Korean workers to verbal and physical abuse and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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3Cited by140 opinions

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