Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 2002No. 01-2998PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
This is a public enforcement action brought by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under section 7 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 626. The EEOC alleged that the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (UW) violated the ADEA when it terminated the employment, on the basis of age, of four persons working for the University of Wisconsin Press. The EEOC prevailed in a jury trial, bifurcated between liability and damages. Following the jury determination that there was a willful violation…
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