United States Second Circuit

Judgment in favor of plaintiff's disparate impact age discrimination claim is affirmed over defendant's challenges that New York does not allow a disparate impact claim, and, even if a disparate impact claim was available, the evidence was insufficient so support such a finding.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/31/2004
• Published 08/31/2004

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge., Before McLAUGHLIN, JACOBS, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laurie A. McCann, Daniel B. Kohrman, AARP Foundation Litigation;  Melvin Radowitz, AARP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae AARP in support of Plaintiffs., Nicholas M. Inzeo, Acting Deputy General Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General Counsel, Vincent J. Blackwood, Assistant General Counsel, Barbara L. Sloan, Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in support of Plaintiffs., Jennifer Bosco, National Employment Lawyers Association, San Francisco, CA;  Cathy Ventrell-Monsees, Chevy Chase, MD, for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association in support of Plaintiffs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret A. Clemens, Nixon Peabody LLP (John E. Higgins, on the brief), Rochester, NY, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees., John B. Ducharme, Berger, DuCharme & Harp, LLP, Clifton Park, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants., Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad, Ellen Dunham Bryant, National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC;  Mark S. Dichter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA;  Grace E. Speights, Anne M. Bradford, Jonathan C. Fritts, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Defendants.