Legal Opinion
Zilog, Inc. v. Corning (In Re Zilog, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 14, 2006No. 04-15787, 04-15794PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
This case shows once again why it’s important for lawyers representing a bankruptcy debtor to turn square corners.
Facts
In June 2001, ZiLOG, Inc. announced that it would close one of its Idaho plants, effective December 31, 2001. To retain employees through the plant closure, Zi-LOG offered certain employees one-time retention bonuses. Rose Marie Corning, Selena Robert and Margie Cleverdon (collectively, “the women”) were among the employees who accepted the offer.
In December 2001, ZiLOG notified the women that it had rescinded the retention bonus agreements because the…
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