28 Fair empl.prac.cas. 904, 28 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,606 George Ann Muntin v. State of California Parks and Recreation Department, Harry Dring, Individually and in His Capacity as District Superintendant

671 F.2d 360 28 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 904 , 28 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,606 George Ann MUNTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, Harry Dring, individually and in his capacity as District Superintendant, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 80-4556. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued Feb. 11, 1982. Submitted Feb. 18, 1982. Decided March 15, 1982. Kelley Ann Burg, San Rafael, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Joanne Condos, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before FARRIS, FERGUSON and NELSON, Circuit Judges. FERGUSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Muntin, an experienced deckhand, was the first woman ever to apply for a position as deckhand at Historic Ships Park in San Francisco. She placed third out of 60 applicants on the qualifying exam. The California Department of Parks and Recreation departed from its 18-year practice of interviewing the top three competitors on the exam, and refused to interview her for deckhand vacancies. The testimony and deposition of the person responsible for hiring decisions show a clear…