REYES-GAONA v. NORTH CAROLINA GROWERS ASS'N

No. 00-1963.

250 F.3d 861 (2001)

Luis REYES-GAONA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED; Del-Al Associates, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 22, 2001.

Amended: June 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Laurie Ann McCann, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for Appellant. Robert John Gregory, Senior Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Commission. Virginia A. Piekarski, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, L.L.C., Winston-Salem, NC, Margaret Ann Anderson, Pilot Mountain, NC, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Pamela DiStefano, Distefano & Erca, Durham, NC; Bruce Goldstein, Shelley Davis, Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Appellant. W.R. Loftis, Jr., Constangy, Brooks & Smith, L.L.C., Winston Salem, NC, for Appellee Growers Association. C. Gregory Stewart, General Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis, Assistant General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Commission. Herman Schwartz, Washington College Of Law American University, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Committee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and DUFFY, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUFFY joined. Judge MOTZ wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) covers foreign nationals who apply in foreign countries for jobs in the United States. We hold that the Act does not cover such persons. We thereby affirm the judgment of the...

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