United States Fourth Circuit

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act does not cover foreign nationals who apply in foreign countries for jobs in the United States.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2001
• Decided 05/22/2001
• Published 05/22/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and DUFFY, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Laurie Ann McCann, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for Appellant. Robert John Gregory, Senior Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Commission. Virginia A. Piekarski, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, L.L.C., Winston-Salem, NC;  Margaret Ann Anderson, Pilot Mountain, NC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Pamela DiStefano, DiStefano & Erca, Durham, NC;  Bruce Goldstein, Shelley Davis, Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Appellant.  W.R. Loftis, Jr., Constangy, Brooks & Smith, L.L.C., Winston-Salem, NC, for Appellee Growers Association.  C. Gregory Stewart, General Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis, Assistant General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Commission.   Herman Schwartz, Washington College Of Law American University, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Committee.