Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sidley Austin LLP
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 17, 2006No. 06-8002PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1999, Sidley & Austin (as it then was) demoted 32 of its equity partners to “counsel” or “senior counsel.” The EEOC began an investigation to determine whether the demotions might have violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. After we upheld the district court’s rebuff of Sidley’s effort to derail the investigation, EEOC v. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, 315 F.3d 696 (7th Cir.2002), the Commission filed an ADEA suit against Sidley. Sidley asks us to entertain, as recommended by the district judge, an interlocutory appeal from the judge’s denial of Sidley’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pemco Aeroplex, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Applicant-Appellee v. Sidley Austin Brown & WoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin SystemCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Arizona Ex Rel Thomas Horne v. the Geo GroupCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2016
- Thompson v. BeasleyDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2015
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
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