EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CBS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 17, 1984.
Decided August 28, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George A. Stohner, Washington, D.C. (James Skelly Wright, Jr., Donna S. Mangold, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.
Mark S. Flynn, Atty., E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C. (Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. Carolyn Kuhl, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Douglas Letter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., David L. Slate, Gen. Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate Gen. Counsel, Susan Buckingham Reilly, Acting Asst. Gen. Counsel, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee.
John R. Crenshaw, Atlanta, Ga. (Anne S. Rampacek, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel), for amicus curiae Chrysler Corp.
Joseph M. Wells, Lombard, Ill. (Marjorie Nemzura, Lombard, Ill., of counsel), for amicus curiae Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.
Rodger A. Kershner, Detroit, Mich., for amicus curiae ANR Pipeline Co.
Herschel L. Abbott, Jr., New Orleans, La. (H. Mark Adams, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., of counsel), for amicus curiae ANR Pipeline Co. and Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.
Before CARDAMONE, PRATT, and DANIEL M. FRIEDMAN of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a narrow but important question of first impression in this circuit:
Does the presence of a one-house veto clause in the Reorganization Act of 1977 invalidate the authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), transferred to it by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978, to enforce the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)?
Judge Sprizzo below held that, although the legislative...
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