Cancellier v. Federated Department Stores

672 F.2d 1312 115 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 4111 , 28 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1151, 28 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,639 , 29 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,878 Philip D. CANCELLIER, John W. Costello and Zelma Smith Ritter, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES d/b/a I. Magnin, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Nos. 81-4154, 81-4165. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 16, 1981. Decided March 30, 1982. Robert S. Daggett, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., argued, for plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees; Donald D. Connors, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Maureen McClain, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before SNEED and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and EAST * , District Judge. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs below and appellants here, Philip D. Cancellier, John W. Costello, and Zelma Smith Ritter, are former employees of I. Magnin, the defendant below and cross-appellant here. They won a jury verdict in the district court totalling…