Graczyk v. United Steelworkers of America

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

The primary question presented by these consolidated appeals is whether the district court erred in concluding that the 1977 collective-bargaining agreement at issue was “in effect” on September 1, 1977, for the purposes of § 2(b) of P.L. No. 95-256, which amended the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (“ADEA”), and, therefore, that the agreement was exempted from the application of those amendments at the time of appellants’ retirement. For the reasons déveloped below, we have determined that the district court’s interpretation of both…