ALFORD ET AL.

v.

CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (30 total)

• Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 725 F.2d 211 (3d Cir. 1983)
  …4(f)(2). Fringe benefit plans unrelated to the age cost factor are not included in the 4(f)(2) exception. The LIB Plan in this case is similar to the city’s sick leave plan in Alford v. City of Lubbock, 664 F. 2d 1263 (5th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 975, 102 S.Ct. 2239, 72 L.Ed.2d 848 (1982). The Fifth Circuit held that the state’s retirement plan was “bona fide” but that the city’s policy of denying accrued sick leave pay to city employees whose retirement was not covered by the state retirement p…
• Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n v. Borden's, Inc., 724 F.2d 1390 (9th Cir. 1984)
  …qual benefits — where equal benefits would be more costly for older workers. But severance pay costs no more for a newly hired older worker than for his or her younger counterpart. Alford v. City of Lubbock, 664 F. 2d 1263 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 975, 102 S.Ct. 2239, 72 L.Ed.2d 848 (1982), supports our conclusion. There the court upheld. Lubbock’s policy of denying pension benefits to employees hired after age 50, but forbade Lubbock to withhold payment for accrued unused sick leave to such empl…
• James K.J. Cheng v. GAF Corp., 713 F.2d 886 (2d Cir. 1983)
  …in ADEA action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976)); Frith v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., 611 F. 2d 950, 951 (4 Cir.1979). But see Alford v. City of Lubbock, Texas, 484 F.Supp. 1001, 1008 (N.D.Tex.1979), modified, 664 F. 2d 1263 (5 Cir.), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 975 (1982). . In 1980 Congress amended 28 U.S.C. § 1927 (1976 & Supp. IV 1980) after the Supreme Court in Roadway Express held that, absent congressional action, the reference to “costs” in § 1927 could not be construed to include reasonable attorneys’…