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BRITT v. E.I. DuPONT de NEMOURS & CO., INC.

No. 84-2237.

768 F.2d 593 (1985)

Londo F. BRITT; Elmo P. Compton, Jr.; James F. Compton; Thomas W. Grogan; Joseph R. Hundley, Jr.; Woodrow W. Lancaster; Donald G. Marshall; Opal M. Ramsey; Pauline M. Ross; Pauline S. Smith; Claucey A. Vaughn; Louise M. Arnold, Plaintiffs, and Gilbert F. Barker, Jr.; Nancy Bousman; Edna H. Carter; Ellis J. Carter; Thomas B. Cline; George D. Gauldin; Callie G. Gray; Dorothy G. Howell; Lonnie E. Kapp; James L. Lawrence; Gerald I. Martin; James F. Martin; Wilma O. Moore; George R. Pack; Thomas O. Rakes; Christine J. Stone; Irvin W. Stone; Chester Y. Thomas; Evelyn R. Thomas; Dorothy F. Tolbert; Dewell M. Williams; Thomas D. Williams; Nellie M. Taylor, Appellants, v. E.I. DuPONT de NEMOURS & COMPANY, INC.; Martinsville Nylon Employees' Council Corp., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Giorno, Stuart, Va., for appellants.

Lewis T. Booker, Richmond, Va., John F. Lawless, New York City; Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., for E.I. DuPont de Nemours.

Fred D. Smith, Jr., Hartley & Smith, P.C., Martinsville, Va., for Martinsville Nylon Employees' Council Corp.

Alfred Miller, Steven S. Honigman, Peter N. Greenwald, Miller, Singer & Raives, P.C., New York City, on brief, for amicus curiae.

Before PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, Walter E. HOFFMAN, Senior United States District Judge, sitting by designation.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by certain pension-eligible employees of DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) from a judgment dismissing their action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. The issue is whether conditioning the availability of a general severance pay program for these claimants upon their acceptance of a deferral of pension benefits violated their rights under the

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