Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Ace Hardware Corporation

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Secretary of Labor appeals from a judgment entered for defendant Ace Hardware Corporation (hereinafter Employer) in this action instituted under Section 7(b) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. We affirm the judgment entered for the Employer.

This appeal presents an issue of first impression before any appellate court. At issue is whether the Secretary’s actions in this case complied with the statutory directive of attempting to effect voluntary compliance through “informal methods of conciliation, conference, and persuasion”…