SANCHEZ v. PACIFIC POWDER CO.

Nos. 97-35050, 97-35215 and 97-35225.

147 F.3d 1097 (1998)

James E. SANCHEZ; Gary V. Chambers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PACIFIC POWDER CO., a Delaware corporation; Alaska-Pacific Powder Co., an Alaskan corporation doing business in the State of Washington; Dyno Nobel, Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business in the State of Washington, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don W. Taylor, Fristoe, Taylor & Schultz, Ltd., P.S., Olympia, WA, for defendants-appellants.

Kari Hanson, Law Office of Hugh J. McGavick, Olympia, WA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: LAY, PREGERSON, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.


GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs James Sanchez and Gary Chambers filed this action, claiming that they had been discriminated against because of their age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq., and a similar state statute, Wash. Rev.Code §§ 49.60 and 49.44.090. A jury returned verdicts in favor of both plaintiffs. Defendants have appealed, raising two main issues of federal law: (1)...

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