LAXTON v. GAP INC.

No. 02-40406.

333 F.3d 572 (2003)

Joanna LAXTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GAP INC., doing business as Old Navy, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Wade Tindel (argued), Provost, Umphrey, Youngdahl & Sadin, Charles H. Clark, Clark, Lea & Ainsworth, Tyler, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Maria B. Sowders, Ramey & Flock, Tyler, TX, Stephanie Ann Doria (argued), Paul William Cane, Jr., Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and VANCE, District Judge.


VANCE, District Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Joanna Laxton appeals from the district court's order granting defendant-appellee Gap, Inc. judgment as a matter of law in this case brought under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. For the following reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND.

I. BACKGROUND

Drawing all inferences in favor of the non-moving party, as we must when reviewing the grant of judgment as a matter of law, the factual background of this lawsuit...

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