Legal Opinion

Surrell v. California Water Service Co.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 11, 2008No. 06-15400PublishedCited by 331 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OBERDORFER, Senior District Judge:

Rosetta Surrell brought numerous federal and state discrimination and retaliation claims against her employer, California Water Service Co. (“Cal Water”), and her former supervisor, Yvonne Pile-Cox (“Cox”). The district court granted summary judgment to both Defendants. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Cal Water is a wholly owned subsidiary of California Water Service Group, a privately owned company that provides water service to businesses and consumers in communities throughout California. Sur-rell, an African-American woman, began employment as a customer-service…

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