Legal Opinion
William O. WATKINS, William R. Mallory, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SVERDRUP TECHNOLOGY, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 11, 1998No. 97-2104PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Chief Judge: .
Appellants William Watkins and William Mallory challenge the district court’s entry of judgment as a matter of law on their claims of discriminatory discharge in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 623(a)(1) (1994). Finding no substantial conflict in the evidence that appellee Sverdrup Technology, Inc., terminated Watkins and Mallory under a bona fide — albeit unconventional — reduction-in-force plan that age did not motivate, we affirm.
I. FACTS 1
Sverdrup is a support services independent contractor of the federal government. It…
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