Hudson v. Moore Business Forms, Inc.

836 F.2d 1156 48 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 898 , 2 Indiv.Empl.Rts.Cas. 1049 Ida HUDSON, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. MOORE BUSINESS FORMS, INC., a corp., Joe McArthure, et al., Defendants, and Law Firm of Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, a Professional Corp., and the individual attorneys and members of that firm, Wesley J. Fastiff, Maureen E. McClain & Henry D. Lederman, attorneys, Appellants. No. 85-2176. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 8, 1987. Decided Sept. 2, 1987. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Jan. 13, 1988. Gary P. Scholick and Peter R. Boutin, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. J. Kenneth Donnelly and Marilyn Mac Rae, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff/appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before CHAMBERS, TANG and NELSON, Circuit Judges. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Ida Hudson filed suit against her former employer, Moore Business Forms, Inc. ("Moore"), alleging wrongful discharge and sex discrimination. Moore retained the law firm of Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy ("Littler") to represent it. Littler filed an answer and a counterclaim that alleged…