United States Tenth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-employer on plaintiffs' claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is reversed where releases of claims, which were signed by plaintiffs in order to obtain a severance package in exchange for a waiver of the right to assert an ADEA claim against defendant, failed to conform to the statutory requirements of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2006
• Published 05/03/2006

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.