Regina Ann Mattoon, and Cross-Appellee v. Sahara Las Vegas Corporation, Dba Sahara Hotel and Casino, And

98 F.3d 1346 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Regina Ann MATTOON, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. SAHARA LAS VEGAS CORPORATION, dba Sahara Hotel and Casino, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant. No. 95-15051, 95-15150. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 11, 1996. Decided Oct. 4, 1996. 1 Before: SNEED, NORRIS, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM * 3 This appeal raises the question whether an employee who is sexually harassed at work, and who quits because of the harassment, may obtain damages from her employer even though the employer had no knowledge of the harassment until the employee quit. The district court entered judgment as a matter of law in favor of Sahara, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a), which we review de novo. In re Hawaii Federal Asbestos Cases, 960 F.2d 806, 816 (9th Cir.1992). 4 The district court found that Mattoon had been sexually harassed, but the court nonetheless ruled in favor of…