Lambert v. Rockwell International Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

COHN, District Judge.

This is an action brought directly and exclusively under the Michigan Civil Rights Act, M.S.A. § 3.548(101) et seq. (Elliot-Larsen) [M.C.L.A. § 37.2101 et seq.] alleging age discrimination; it was removed by defendant Rockwell International Corporation to this Court from Oakland County, Michigan, Circuit Court on grounds of diversity. Defendant now moves to strike plaintiff’s demand for a jury trial on two grounds: (1) analogy to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII); and (2) as those complainants who exhaust administrative remedies are…