Legal Opinion
Michelle Lindahl v. Air France, a French Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1991No. 89-55936PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
Michelle Lindahl brought this suit against her employer, Air France, for sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) based on Air France giving a promotion to a young male instead of to her, a 49-year-old female. The district court granted Air France’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse.
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Lindahl worked as a Customer Promotion Agent in Air France’s Los Angeles office. The office had two groups of employees to handle sales activities, Customer Promotion Agents and Sales…
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