Mr. Zarda passed away in 2014 and his estate continued the suit. Heres the oral argument from september of 2017. Good afternoon. Each side has been assigned 30 minutes, divided ten minutes per person. And that time may be exceeded depending on how things go during the argument. We will hear from mr. Antollino. Good afternoon, your honor and all your honors. My cocounsel who works with me. We are proud to represent Melissa Zarda and bill moore, executors of the zarda estate and asked the court to construe and unite title vii with life as we live it and under the plain language and its interpretations. We ask that you find that Sexual Orientation discrimination a sex discrimination under title vii. Donald zarda was a male. He was known as gay though he was not traditionally feminist when he was a great skydiver. When a customer complained that he identified himself as gay, he was fired. And for the revelation it was a violation of the statute because his sex, a male, who was attracted to
Were proud to represent Melissa Zarda and bill moore, the executors of the zarda estate and we ask the court to construe and unite title vii with life as we live it and under the plain language and its interpretations. We ask that you find that Sexual Orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under title vii. Don zarda was a male. He was known as guy, though he was not traditionally feminine, but he was a great sky diver. When a customer complained that he identified himself as gay, he was fired and for that revelation, it was a violation of the statute because his sex, a male who was attracted to other men was a motivating factor in the adverse action. And in this case he identified as gay only because he was accused of being straight. And he was proud of being gay, and in the male workplace of the skydiving community, jokes were often made that loose end the tension of the experience and jokes were often sexual. Is his claim that is he alleging that he was fired because he was
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Alleging he was fired because of his Sexual Orientation and revealed to client that he was gay. 13 of the judges participated. Good afternoon. Each side has been assigned 30 minutes divided ten minutes per person. And that time may be exceeded depending on how things go during the argument. We will hear from mr. Anthony. Good afternoon, your honor and all your office. Forgot to introduce my cocounsel who worked with me on this case. We are proud to represent the executors of the estate and asked the court to construe and unite title vii with life as a live at and under the plain language in its interpretations. We ask you find that Sexual Orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under title vii. Don florida was a male. He was known as carefully is not traditionally feminist but he was a great skydiver. When a customer complaint he identified himself as gay he was fired. And for that revelation his violation of the statute because his sex, a male who was attracted to other men,