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McLEOD v. GENERAL MILLS, INC.

No. 15-3540.

856 F.3d 1160 (2017)

Elizabeth MCLEOD; Heidi O'Sullivan; Sherri Slocum; Ivette Harper; Robert West; Kevin Stemwell; Stephen Miller; Peggy Maxe; Karalyn Littlefield; Colleen Friedrichs; Arlene Hornilla; Marilyn Epp; Dwight Sevaldson; Ann Carlson; Michael Baehr; Gabriele Bauer; Mark Davis; Susanne Dehnke; Frank Delaney; Paula Freeman-Brown; Barbara Fuglie; Richard Fugile; Christopher Gunn; Michelle Laurence; Robert Morris; Vicki Nellen-Jungers; Heidi Neumann; Greg Norman; Michelle Racepla; Susan Ryan; Timothy Schroeder; Diane Sundquist; Greg Zimprich, for and on behalf of themselves and other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. GENERAL MILLS, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Equal Employment Advisory Council; Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s). AARP; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 11, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Andrew Brandt , Brent C. Snyder , Stephen J. Snyder , Snyder & Brandt, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Susan Fitzke , Marko Joseph Mrkonich , Kathryn Wilson , Littler & Mendelson, Jeffrey Justman , Aaron Daniel Van Oort , Faegre & Baker, Minneapolis, MN, Keith C. Hult , Littler & Mendelson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Ann Elizabeth Reesman , McGuiness & Williams, Rae T. Vann , Norris & Tysse, Washington, DC, for Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant(s).

Warren Postman , Kathryn L. Comerford Todd , U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC, for Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant(s).

Daniel Benjamin Kohrman , Senior Attorney, Laurie A. McCann , William Alvarado Rivera , Dara S. Smith , AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for AARP, AARP Foundation, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s).

Anne Warren King , Barbara L. Sloan , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s).

Before BENTON and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and STRAND, District Judge.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, permits waivers of ADEA rights and claims — but only if they are "knowing and voluntary" as defined by statute. 29 U.S.C. § 626(f)(1). In a waiver dispute, "the party asserting the validity of a waiver...

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