Lanier
Lanier v. City of Woodburn
Opinion
Opinion
Rymer, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JANET LYNN LANIER,
Plaintiff-Appellee, v. No. 06-35262
CITY OF WOODBURN,
Defendant-Appellant, D.C. No.
CV-04-01865-KI
and OPINION
LINDA SPRAUER,
Defendant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Garr M. King, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted February 6, 2008—Portland, Oregon
Filed March 13, 2008
Before: Pamela Ann Rymer and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and Cormac J. Carney,* District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Rymer
*The Honorable Cormac J. Carney, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.
2445 2448 LANIER v. CITY OF WOODBURN
COUNSEL
Marjorie A. Speirs and Janet M. Schroer, Hoffman, Hart & Wagner, LLP, Portland, Oregon, for the defendant-appellant.
Steven M. Wilker and Paul W. Conable, Tonkon Torp, LLP, Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellee.
OPINION
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide whether the City of Woodburn’s policy requiring candidates of…