ZHANG v. AMERICAN GEM SEAFOODS, INC.

No. 01-36130.

339 F.3d 1020 (2003)

Wei ZHANG, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN GEM SEAFOODS, INC., Delaware corporation; MCMI Food Company, a Texas corporation; Harry Lees, a natural person, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katharine Cooper Franklin and Leigh Ann Collings Tift, Littler Mendelson, PC, Seattle, Washington, Janet Hugie Smith and Frederick Thaler, Ray Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, Utah, for the defendants-appellants.

Scott C.G. Blankenship, The Blankenship Law Firm, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges, and Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge.


OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellee Zhang Wei ("Zhang")1 asserted claims for employment discrimination and breach of contract, contending that he was retaliated against and ultimately fired due to his Chinese ethnicity and nationality. He sued his former employer, appellant American Gem Seafoods, Inc. ("American Gem"), American Gem's corporate parent, appellant MCMI Food Company ("MCMI" and, together with American...

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