GRAY v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.

Nos. 87-1144, 87-1145.

858 F.2d 610 (1988)

Robert L. GRAY; Paul W. Babcock; Robert N. Cardwell; Kenneth P. Davis; Melvin P. Deweese; Gene E. Eastham; Fred M. Graham, Jr.; Stanley M. Hachinsky; Marvin R. Harbour; Roy E. Hauk; Robert P. Jones; Chester W. Martinson; Patrick C. McNellis; Elmer A. Nilges; W.E. Pickert; Charles Powell; Joseph R. Stanley; Robert E. Walsh; Dennis R. Worthington; Joseph S. Ogle; James L. Anson; Leonard P. Belan; Robert E. Brooks; Alfred E. Dyer; Richard W. Jackson; Clyde Lewis; William E. Neustaedter; Elmer J. Rome; Clarence J. Zuger; and Bobby S. Dysart, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Fields (Blaise R. Plummer with him on the briefs), of Carson & Fields, Kansas City, Kan., for plaintiffs-appellants/cross appellees.

David J. Waxse of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo. (James H. Ottman, Elinor P. Schroeder, and Carol F. Fowler of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., and William G. Paul, Gen. Counsel, Charles R. Griffin, Associate Gen. Counsel, and C.H. Purdy, Atty., Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Okl., of counsel, with him on the briefs), for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant.

Michael L. Foreman, Atty. (Charles A. Shanor, Gen. Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate Gen. Counsel, Susan Buckingham Reilly, Asst. Gen. Counsel, and Audrey Moore, Legal Intern, on the brief), E.E.O.C. Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae E.E.O.C.

Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, and Garen E. Dodge of McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D.C., on the brief, for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.

Before HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge, and McKAY and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal reviews the denial of summary judgment in an age discrimination suit brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34 (1982).

I.

The pertinent facts reveal that on March 9, 1982, Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips) announced that it was intending to close its Kansas City, Kansas, refinery in six months.1 Subsequent to this announcement, Phillips...

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