Court Opinion

ID: 9463513
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 23:09:14.080222+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:09.430692
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BUTZNER, Circuit Judge,
concurring specially:
I agree with the majority opinion that 29 U.S.C. § 626(b) entitles a litigant to a jury in an action for the recovery of lost wages resulting from a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Although the Sixth Circuit has reached a contrary conclusion,* I concur in my brothers’ ruling that the statute incorporates the provisions for a jury trial required by § 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 216(b).
Since the statute settles the controversy, I find no occasion for embarking on the constitutional quest which my brothers pursue. See Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 297 U.S. 288, 346-48, 56 S.Ct. 466, 80 L.Ed. 688 (1936) (Brandeis, J., concurring) (especially rule 4).

 Morelock v. NCR Corp., 546 F.2d 682 (6th Cir. 1976).