Legal Opinion
Whittlesey v. Union Carbide Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 22, 1984No. Nos. 1146, 1094, Dockets 84-7066, 84-7118PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Union Carbide Corporation appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Pierre Leval, Judge, determining that Union Carbide’s compulsory retirement of plaintiff, John Whittlesey, violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (1982), and that Whittlesey’s position as chief labor counsel of Union Carbide was not a “bona fide executive or high policymaking position” shielded from full protection of the act. 29 U.S.C. § 631(c)(1). Judge Leval awarded Whittlesey damages…
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