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SCHECHNER v. KPIX-TV

No. 11-15294.

686 F.3d 1018 (2012)

William SCHECHNER and John Lobertini, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KPIX-TV and CBS Broadcasting Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn Salmon (argued) and John A. McGuinn , McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Maureen E. McClain (argued), John J. Cliffe , and Matthew P. Vandall , Littler Mendelson , San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: BETTY B. FLETCHER, JOHN T. NOONAN, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs William Schechner and John Lobertini were television news reporters at KPIX-TV, one of the two San Francisco affiliates of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.1 They were laid off after CBS issued a directive requiring each of its affiliates to reduce its annual budget by ten percent. Schechner and Lobertini were sixty-six and forty-seven years old,...

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