LOPEZ v. BULOVA WATCH CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 83-0585S.

582 F.Supp. 755 (1984)

Jean LOPEZ, Arleen Deery, Alice Platt, Eleanor Kilbane, Agnes Waitonis, Ruth Lambert, Theresa Lopes, Jeannette Gallant, Jessie Skinner, Lucille Cecere, Lester Murray, Sal Terracciano, Harold Soderland, and Joe Zompa, Plaintiffs, v. BULOVA WATCH COMPANY, INC. d/b/a American Watch Case Co., a New York Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

March 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lovett, Morgera, Schefrin & Gallogly, Ltd., Marc B. Gursky, Aram R. Schefrin, Catherine A. Gibran, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Gregory I. Rasin, Diane K. Rembleske, New York City, Levy, Goodman, Semonoff & Gorin, Richard J. Israel, Barbara I. Cohen, Providence, R.I., for defendants.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Carolyn Kuhl, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Douglas Letter, Stephen Hart, Dept. of Justice, David L. Slate, Gen. Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Vincent Blackwood, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Jeffrey C. Bannon, Staff Atty., E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., Everett C. Sammartino, Asst. U.S. Atty., Providence, R.I., for E.E.O.C. and U.S., amici curiae.


OPINION AND ORDER

SELYA, District Judge.

I. The Battleground

Advancing both federal and state grounds, the plaintiffs, former employees of the defendant Bulova Watch Company, Inc. (Bulova), have filed an action which challenges the termination of their employment status. Their complaint contains four statements of claim. The federal law count alleges a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. §§...

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