Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
9th Cir: Subjective Criteria and the Prima Facie Case in Title VII
The 9th Circuit has held that a pilot’s interpersonal skills in the cockpit - called “crew resource management,” or CRM - are subjective characteristics that should not be considered in evaluating the McDonald Douglas prima facie case. The panel analogized to scholarship factors addressed in an earlier opinion, Lynn v. Regents of Univ. of Cal., […]