Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, James Aikens James Francis Chris Wilson Shawn Hogya, Intervenors-Appellees v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and James Aikens James Francis Chris Wilson Shawn Hogya, Intervenors-Appellants v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and James Aikens, Intervenor v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

306 F.3d 794 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, James Aikens; James Francis; Chris Wilson; Shawn Hogya, Intervenors-Appellees, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff, and James Aikens; James Francis; Chris Wilson; Shawn Hogya, Intervenors-Appellants, v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Appellant, and James Aikens, Intervenor, v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. No. 01-15410. No. 01-15976. No. 01-15977. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 2002. Filed September 20, 2002. William J. Kilberg and Thomas G. Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellant-cross-appellee. Barbara L. Sloan, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant. John J. Mavredakis, Santa Rosa, CA, for the intervenors-appellees-cross-appellants. Laura M. Franze, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, TX, for the amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California;…