Price
Price v. Southwest Airlines, Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAYMOND PRICE, Case No. 19-cv-06664-KAW
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT'S
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, CO., JUDGMENT Defendant. Re: Dkt. No.
12 Plaintiff Raymond Price filed the instant case against Defendant Southwest Airlines, asserting he was wrongfully terminated. (Compl. ¶ 1, Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiff was employed by Defendant from October 2014 to March 1, 2019, when he was terminated for violating company policies including the Policy Concerning Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination & Retaliation (“Harassment Policy”) and the On and Off Duty Conduct Policy (“Off Duty Policy”). (Price Decl. ¶ 5, 15, Dkt. No. 33-1; Molina Decl. ¶ 5, Exh. C, Dkt. No. 29-4.) Plaintiff’s termination was based on a rap song he had written prior to his employment at Southwest, which used the n-word twice. (Price Decl. ¶¶ 9, 13; Molina Decl. ¶¶ 4-5.) In June…