Bergene v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement And Power District

272 F.3d 1136 (9th Cir. 2001) BRADLEY BERGENE, HUSBAND; ELIZABETH BERGENE, WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT, AN AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT CREATED PURSUANT TO THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE. No. 99-17205 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted February 15, 2001 Filed December 3, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted] Terry F. Hall, Marton & Hall, P.A., Phoenix, Arizona, for the plaintiffs-appellants. John J. Egbert, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Paul G. Rosenblatt, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-01911-PGR Before: Schroeder, Chief Judge, Wallace, and Tallman, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Chief Judge Schroeder; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Wallace SCHROEDER, Chief Judge: 1 Elizabeth Bergene and her husband, Bradley 1 , appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of their former employer, the Salt River Project ("SRP"), on her claims of retaliation and sex discrimination in the denial of a promotion…