Beck v. Boeing Company

320 F.3d 1021 Mary BECK; Aprill Linear; Ellen Schaff; Fern Neatherlin; Wendy Kelly; Karla Coleman; Teri Neuharth; Elizabeth Anderson; Esther Gramza Thiry; Shelley Sinclair; Sheila Sage, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. No. 02-35140. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 5, 2002. Filed February 25, 2003. Barbara Berish Brown, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellants. C. Geoffrey Weirich, Atlanta, GA, and Lawrence B. Hannah, Jeffrey A. Hollingsworth, Nancy Williams, all of Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, joined her on the briefs. Peter M. Vial, Seattle, WA, and Joseph M. Sellers, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, argued for appellees. Christine Webber and Jessica Glick Lyn, both of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, and Jerry R. McNaul, Michael D. Helgren, Robert M. Sulkin, and Barbara H. Schuknecht, all of McNaul Ebel Nawrot Helgren & Vance P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, joined them on the briefs. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Marsha J.…