RIFKIN v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

No. 95-2605.

78 F.3d 1277 (1996)

Leonard RIFKIN; James F. Hutson, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Gerald Blair, Appellants, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt S. Odenwald, St. Louis, MO, argued (Jim J. Shoemake, on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas E. Wack, St. Louis, MO, argued (Robert T. Ebert, Jr. and Robert W. Lockwood, Jr., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BEAM, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and ALSOP, District Judge.


ALSOP, District Judge.

Appellants Leonard Rifkin, et al., bring this action claiming McDonnell Douglas Corporation violated their rights under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act by failing to provide timely notice to workers who suffered an employment loss. 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101-09 (1992). They appeal the District Court's1 ruling that there was no "mass layoff" as defined in the WARN Act because the requisite...

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