United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant-employer's Release of Claims, which waives an employees right to assert an Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim, is invalid and unenforceable where it did not meet the strict statutory requirements of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/14/2005
• Published 09/14/2005

Judges

• BRISCOE, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, ANDERSON, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:  J. Vince Hightower, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Robert J. Costagliola, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America., Ann Elizabeth Reesman, McGuiness Norris & Williams, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, Equal Employment Advisory Council., J. Patrick Cremin, Steven A. Broussard, Marshall J. Wells, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae, The Williams Companies, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathy R. Neal, William S. Leach, Michael F. Smith, Eldridge Cooper Steichen & Leach, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellee.