VILLARREAL v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 15-10602.

839 F.3d 958 (2016)

Richard M. VILLARREAL, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Pinstripe, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Almond , Michael L. Eber , Rogers & Hardin, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Shanon Jude Carson , Sarah R. Schalman-Bergen , Berger & Montague, PC, Philadelphia, PA, James Michael Finberg , Patrick Casey Pitts , Altshuler Berzon, LLP, Mark T. Johnson , Joshua G. Konecky , Todd M. Schneider , Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky, LLP-CA, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Eric S. Dreiband , Anthony J. Dick , Alison B. Marshall , Nikki Lynn McArthur , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Deborah A. Sudbury , Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Rae Thiesfield Vann , Norris Tysse Lampley & Lakis, LLP, Washington, DC, for Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae.

Christine Back , Donna J. Brusoski , Patrick David Lopez , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae.

Daniel Benjamin Kohrman , AARP A4-240, Washington, DC, for AARP, Amicus Curiae.

Joseph George Schmitt , Nilan Johnson Lewis, PA, Mark J. Girouard , Nilan Johnson Lewis, PA, Minneapolis, MN, for Retail Litigation Center Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Donald R. Livingston , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Ze-wen Julius Chen , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Hyland Hunt , Deutsch Hunt PLLC, Washington, DC, for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

Christina Swarns, I , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, for NAACP Legal Defense, Amicus Curiae.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, JULIE CARNES, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

The main issue presented by this appeal is whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act allows an unsuccessful job applicant to sue an employer for using a practice that has a disparate impact on older workers. Richard Villarreal sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Pinstripe...

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