Clifford B. MEACHAM, Thedrick L. Eighmie, and Allen G. Sweet, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants,
James R. Quinn, Ph.D., Deborah L. Bush, Raymond E. Adams, Wallace Arnold, William F. Chabot, Allen E. Cromer, Paul M. Gundersen, Clifford J. Levendusky, Bruce E. Palmatier, Neil R. Pareene, William C. Reynheer, John K. Stannard, David W. Townsend, and Carl T. Woodman, Consolidated-Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Hildreth E. Simmons, Jr., Henry Bielawski, Ronlad G. Butler, Sr., James S. Chambers, Arthur J. Kaszubski, David J. Kopmeyer, Christine A. Palmer, Frank A. Paxton, Janice M. Polsinelle, Teofils F. Turlais, and Bruce E. Vedder, Consolidated-Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
KNOLLS ATOMIC POWER LABORATORY, a/k/a Kapl, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, and John J. Freeh, both individually and as an employee of KAPL and Lockheed Martin, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
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Argued: September 10, 2003.
Decided: August 23, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Margaret A. Clemens, Nixon Peabody LLP, Rochester, NY (John E. Higgins, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Albany, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
John B. DuCharme, Berger & DuCharme, LLP, Clifton Park, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Laurie A. McCann, Daniel B. Kohrman, AARP Foundation Litigation; Melvin Radowitz, AARP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae AARP in support of Plaintiffs.
Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Ellen Dunham Bryant, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC; Mark S. Dichter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Grace E. Speights, Anne M. Brafford, Jonathan C. Fritts, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in Support of Defendants.
Nicholas M. Inzeo, Acting Deputy General Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General Counsel, Vincent J. Blackwood, Assistant General Counsel, Barbara L. Sloan, Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in support of Plaintiffs.
Jennifer Bosco, National Employment Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA; Cathy Ventrell-Monsees, Chevy Chase, MD, for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association in support of Plaintiffs.
Before: McLAUGHLIN, JACOBS, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
POOLER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs are all former employees of defendant Knolls Atomic Power Laboratories ("KAPL") who lost their jobs in the course of an involuntary reduction in force ("IRIF"). As all of the plaintiffs are over forty, they are protected under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). See 29 U.S.C. § 631(a). They sued KAPL, its president, John Freeh, and its parent company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, alleging age discrimination...
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