No. 18-781

Baltimore County, Maryland v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: adea-enforcement age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent circuit-court-split discretionary-authority judicial-discretion pension-plan pension-plans retroactive-relief statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA WageAndHour EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-06-13 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit erroneously held that a retroactive award of monetary relief is mandatory under the ADEA in this pension case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erroneously held that a retroactive award of monetary relief is mandatory under the ADEA in this pension case, A. because the Fourth Circuit’s holding is in conflict with this Court’s instructions in a trilogy of pension cases not to award retroactive monetary relief against pension plans; B. because this Court has previously held that the rules governing pension plans “should not be applied retroactively unless the legislature has plainly commanded that result” and there is no such legislative command in the ADEA; C. because any award of retroactive monetary relief in this case involves the complex review of and individualized actuarial calculations for a class of approximately 12,000 pension beneficiaries, not the relatively simple calculation of unpaid minimum wages or overtime compensation contemplated by the enforcement provision of the FLSA; D. because the ADEA’s enforcement provision provides that the district court had “jurisdiction to grant such legal and equitable relief as may be appropriate;” E. because the broad grant of discretionary authority in 29 U.S.C. § 626(b) has been repeatedly confirmed by the Circuit Courts of Appeal; and F. because no other federal court has interpreted the enforcement provision of the ADEA, 29 U.S.C. § 626(b), as requiring that retroactive monetary relief be awarded for ADEA violations?

Docket Entries

2019-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-22
Reply of petitioner Baltimore County, Maryland filed. (5/29/2019)
2019-05-08
Brief of respondent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in opposition filed.
2019-03-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 8, 2019.
2019-03-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 8, 2019 to May 8, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-02-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2019.
2019-02-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 8, 2019 to April 8, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-02-06
Response Requested. (Due March 8, 2019)
2019-01-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-18
Waiver of right of respondent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to respond filed.
2018-12-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2019)

Attorneys

Baltimore County, Maryland
James Joseph Nolan Jr. — Petitioner
James Joseph Nolan Jr. — Petitioner
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent