DAWAVENDEWA v. SALT RIVER PROJECT AGR. IMP.

No. 97-15803.

154 F.3d 1117 (1998)

Harold DAWAVENDEWA, a single man, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT, an Arizona corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley H. Schleier, Schleier Law Offices, Phoenix, Arizona, for plaintiff-appellant.

John J. Egbert, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, Arizona, for defendant-appellee.

Robert J. Gregory, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Before: CHOY and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, International Court of Trade Judge.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Harold Dawavendewa, a Native American, alleges that because he is a Hopi and not a Navajo, he was not considered for a position with a private employer operating a facility on the Navajo reservation. He contends that the employer's conduct constitutes unlawful employment discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. To determine whether Dawavendewa's Title VII complaint may proceed, we address, first, whether discrimination...

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