Ninth Circuit Grills Wynn’s Views in ‘Judy Does’ Harassment Case

A federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical Monday of Wynn Resorts’s arguments that a group of anonymous salon workers shouldn’t be allowed to revive a lawsuit accusing former CEO Steve Wynn of sexually harassing them.

Attorneys for Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Wynn Las Vegas LLC told the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that the nine women are attempting to move forward without enough information to defend their accusations, and failed to follow proper procedure to file an amended complaint.

The three-judge panel, however, asked the company attorneys why the lawsuit couldn’t be refiled since the ...