METOYER v. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today released an opinion in METOYER v. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, No. 04-56179, a federal appeal. The panel consisted of Dorothy W. Nelson, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
In May, 2001 the Screen Actors Guild (”the Guild”) fired Dr. Patricia Heisser Metoyer (”Metoyer”), an AfricanAmerican, after PricewaterhouseCoopers (”PwC”) concluded Metoyer authorized payment in excess of $30,000 of funds available for Guild use to friends, business partners, and her husband’s production company. Metoyer responded by bringing multiple claims against the Guild, including federal race discrimination and retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. ยง 1981 and state law discrimination claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (”FEHA”). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Guild on all claims. We reverse in part and find that Metoyer has raised a triable issue of fact on all but one of the federal and state race discrimination and retaliation claims. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2 A. The Hiring Process In March 1998, Metoyer applied for employment with the Guild listing the position she desired as “Affirmative Action. . .
BEA, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part: Metoyer sued the Screen Actors Guild (”the Guild”) for race discrimination and retaliation after the Guild fired her.. . .