Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton, & Scripps, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton, & Scripps

303 F.3d 994 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON, & SCRIPPS, Defendant-Appellant. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton, & Scripps, Defendant-Appellee. No. 00-57222. No. 01-55321. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 1, 2002. Filed September 3, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Charles A. Bird, Kelly Capen Douglas, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant-appellee. Robert F. Walker, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Los Angeles, CA, defendant-appellant-appellee. Dori K. Bernstein, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellee-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Florence Marie Cooper, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-01322-FMC. Before PREGERSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge. * OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge. 1 The law firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP ("Luce Forward") refused to hire Donald Scott Lagatree ("Lagatree") as a full-time legal…