United States Ninth Circuit

Because defendants operated as a single employer for purposes of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, and because they jointly employed more than 100 people, they were required to provide 60 days' advance notice of the plant closing that resulted in mass layoffs.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/09/2003
• Decided 02/06/2004
• Published 02/06/2004

Judges

• Before D.W. NELSON, THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and ILLSTON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Reep and Robert T. Bell of Reep, Spoon & Gordon P.C., Missoula, MT, for the defendants/appellants., Lon J. Dale and G. Patrick HagEstad of Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Binney, P.C. of Missoula, MT, for the plaintiffs/appellees.