LOWERY v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.

Nos. 97-1372, 97-1470, 97-1917 and 98-1170.

206 F.3d 431 (2000)

Renee LOWERY; Lisa S. Peterson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Shelby McKnight; Gregory Fleming; Sonya Hairston; Dynelle Johnson; Nadra Smith; Ponnette Smith; Sheila Smith; Patricia Spencer; Edward Stokes, Plaintiffs, v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Washington Legal Foundation; Equal Employment Advisory Council; National Retail Federation; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Amici Curiae. Shelby McKnight; Gregory Fleming; Renee Lowery; Nadra Smith; Ponnette Smith; Sheila Smith; Patricia Spencer; Edward Stokes; Lisa S. Peterson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Sonya Hairston; Dynelle Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. Circuit City Stores, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Washington Legal Foundation; Equal Employment Advisory Council; National Retail Federation; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Amici Curiae. Shelby McKnight; Renee Lowery; Lisa S. Peterson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Gregory Fleming; Sonya Hairston; Dynelle Johnson; Nadra Smith; Ponnette Smith; Sheila Smith; Patricia Spencer; Edward Stokes, Plaintiffs, v. Circuit City Stores, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Amici Curiae. Renee Lowery, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Shelby McKnight; Gregory Fleming; Sonya Hairston; Dynelle Johnson; Nadra Smith; Ponnette Smith; Sheila Smith; Patricia Spencer; Edward Stokes; Lisa S. Peterson, Plaintiffs, v. Circuit City Stores, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Donald Manwell Falk, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. David Jay Cynamon, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Paul D. Ramshaw, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae EEOC. ON BRIEF: Andrew L. Frey, Kenneth S. Geller, Peter C. Choharis, Mark S. Davies, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C.; W. Stephen Cannon, Pamela G. Parsons, Teri C. Miles, Circuit City Stores, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. James B. Hamlin, Duane K. Young, Phillip D. Bostwick, Atina S. Harley, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D.C.; Avis Buchanan, Roderick V.O. Boggs, The Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, Washington, D.C.; John A. Gibney, Jr., Shuford, Rubin & Gibney, P.C., Richmond, Virginia; Joseph M. Sellers, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. C. Gregory Stewart, General Counsel Designate, Philip Sklover, Associate General Counsel, J. Ray Terry, Jr., Deputy General Counsel, Vincent J. Blackwood, Assistant General Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae EEOC. Robert J. Smith, Harry A. Rissetto, Mona C. Zeiberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Sussan Mahallati Kysela, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce. Robert E. Williams, Ann Elizabeth Reesman, Todd B. Castleton, McGuiness, Norris & Williams, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Advisory Council. Elaine R. Jones, Director-Counsel, Theodore M. Shaw, Norman J. Chachkin, Charles Stephen Ralston, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, for NAACP Fund.

Before MURNAGHAN and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge WILKINS joined.

OPINION

HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this employment discrimination case, Renee Lowery (Lowery) and Lisa Peterson (Peterson), among others, alleged that Circuit City intentionally refused to promote them on account of their race, African-American, in violation of...

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