RAINS v. CRITERION SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 93-17168.

80 F.3d 339 (1996)

Randolph S. RAINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CRITERION SYSTEMS, INC., a California corporation; Kaiser Permanente Hospital Inc., a California corporation; Anthon Freitas, and Paul Fice, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo F. Donahue and Christopher H. Whelan, Gold River, California, for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred A Schwartz, Rust, Armenis & Schwartz, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee Kaiser Permanente Inc.

Mark S. Spring, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, Sacramento, California, for defendant-appellee Criterion Systems Inc.

Before: FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the question whether a plaintiff may allege a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's policy against religious discrimination as part of a state law cause of action without converting his claim into a Title VII action or an action that depends on a substantial federal question. We hold that he may, and that in this case he did. We therefore conclude that the district...

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