Legal Opinion
Darlene Jespersen v. Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 14, 2006No. 03-15045PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Chief Judge.
We took this sex discrimination case en banc in order to reaffirm our circuit law concerning appearance and grooming standards, and to clarify our evolving law of sex stereotyping claims.
The plaintiff, Darlene Jespersen, was terminated from her position as a bartender at the sports bar in Harrah’s Reno casino not long after Harrah’s began to enforce its comprehensive uniform, appearance and grooming standards for all bartenders. The standards required all bartenders, men and women, to wear the same uniform of black pants and white shirts, a bow tie, and comfortable…
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