Jespersen

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DARLENE JESPERSEN, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 03-15045 v.  D.C. No.

CV-01-00401-ECR

HARRAH’S OPERATING COMPANY,

INC., OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Edward C. Reed, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 22, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed April 14, 2006

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge, Harry Pregerson, Alex Kozinski, Pamela Ann Rymer, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, William A. Fletcher, Richard C. Tallman, Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Chief Judge Schroeder; Dissent by Judge Pregerson; Dissent by Judge Kozinski

4115 4118 JESPERSEN v. HARRAH’S OPERATING CO.

COUNSEL

Jennifer C. Pizer, LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff- appellant. JESPERSEN v. HARRAH’S OPERATING CO. 4119 Kenneth J. McKenna, Kenneth James McKenna, Inc., Reno, Nevada, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Patrick H. Hicks, Littler Mendelson, P.C.,…