United States Tenth Circuit

Under 29 USC 216(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, a court may use the ad hoc approach in determining whether plaintiffs in an ADEA action are similarly situated for class action certification.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/28/2001
• Published 09/28/2001

Judges

• Before BRISCOE, REAVLEY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bert S. Braud,The Popham Law Firm, P.C., Kansas City, Missouri (John M. Klamann and Dirk Hubbard, Klamann & Hubbard, P.A., Overland Park, Kansas;  Dennis E. Egan, The Popham Law Firm, P.C., Kansas City, MO, with him on the briefs), for the appellant., Sally Dunaway, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, on the brief for amicus curiae American Association of Retired Persons., Paula Brantner, San Francisco, CA, and Drew B. Tipton, Houston, Marek & Griffin, L.L.P., Victoria, TX, on the brief for amicus curiae National Employment Lawyers Association., Ann Elizabeth Reesman and Erin Quinn Gery, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, on the brief for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.


• For Appellees:
  
• Glen D. Nager, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC (Steven T. Catlett and Matthew W. Lampe, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, with him on the brief), for the appellees.