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GORMIN v. BROWN-FORMAN CORP.

No. 91-3410.

963 F.2d 323 (1992)

William B. GORMIN, Individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs Counterclaim-Defendants-Appellees, v. BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION, Defendant Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Appellant. Jack A. ADAMS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Gonzalez, Thompson, Sizemore & Gonzalez, Tampa, Fla., Kenneth J. McCulloch, Kramer & Levin, New York City, J. Craig Peyton, Weinberg & Green, Baltimore, Md., Richard H. Sinkfield, Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, Ga., for Brown-Forman Corp.

Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuinness & Williams, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for E.E.O.C.

Allen M. Blake, Edward E. Fessenden, Jr., Tampa, Fla., Norman B. Smith, Smith, Patterson, Follin & James, Greensboro, N.C., for Jack Adams.

Before FAY and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

ATKINS, Senior District Judge:

Brown-Forman Corporation appeals from a district court order holding that all releases of claims under the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34, are invalid unless they are supervised by a court or by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. For the reasons that follow, we REVERSE the district court's order and REMAND for a determination of whether the release in this case was made knowingly and voluntarily...

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