EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant

WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge:

The issue before the court is whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is entitled to a jury trial in an action brought by it to remedy violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634. The district court denied Chrysler’s motion to strike the EEOC’s jury demand in this age discrimination action. We granted Chrysler’s petition for interlocutory review and we affirm.

We join three other circuit courts that have held that the ADEA confers on the EEOC a statutory right to a jury trial: EEOC v. Ford Motor Co., 732…