United States Second Circuit

On remand from U.S. Supreme Court, denial of post-verdict motion by defendants seeking judgment as a matter of law as to disparate-impact claims under ADEA and the state law, is vacated where plaintiffs have failed to carry their burden of demonstrating that the challenged employment practice was unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2006
• Published 08/14/2006

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.