Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. North Knox School Corporation and Board of School Trustees for the North Knox School Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 23, 1998No. 97-3704PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
The EEOC sued the North Knox (Indiana) School District and its Board of School Trustees under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34 (ADEA), after North Knox refused to renew the contracts of two bus drivers aged 70 and 72. The district court concluded the bus drivers were independent contractors who are not covered by the ADEA, and so granted North Knox summary judgment. The EEOC appealed, and we affirm.
Background
The North Knox School District is a “school corporation,” created and empowered by state statute, and its Board of School Trustees is a…
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