FERGUSON v. COUNTRYWIDE CREDIT INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 01-55985.

298 F.3d 778 (2002)

Misty FERGUSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTRYWIDE CREDIT INDUSTRIES, INC., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Leo DeLeon; Does 1-10, inclusive, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen A. Rooney, Steptoe & Johnson, Los Angeles, CA, attorney for the defendants-appellants.

Janet Koehn, Ventura, California, attorney for the plaintiff-appellee.

Cliff M. Palefsky, McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, San Francisco, CA, attorney for amicus curiae, National Employment Lawyers Assn.

Before PREGERSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.


OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.

Misty Ferguson ("Ferguson") filed a complaint against Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. ("Countrywide") and her supervisor, Leo DeLeon ("DeLeon"), alleging causes of action under federal and state law for sexual harassment, retaliation, and hostile work environment. Countrywide filed a petition for an order compelling arbitration of Ferguson's claims. The district court denied Countrywide's petition on the grounds that...

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