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To: Howard S. who wrote (6428)12/14/1998 1:40:00 PM
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Seagate Loses U.S. Supreme Court Bid to Kill Job-Bias Claims

Bloomberg News
December 14, 1998, 7:06 a.m. PT
Seagate Loses U.S. Supreme Court Bid to Kill Job-Bias Claims

Washington, Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Seagate Technology Inc.
lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to kill suits by seven former
workers who say the world's largest independent computer disk-
drive maker illegally discriminated against them when it cut 900
jobs from its Oklahoma City plant.

The workers claim the company used race and age as
considerations in the reduction, which stemmed from Seagate's
decision to move some of its manufacturing work to Singapore.

Seagate defeated those cases and another that claimed gender
discrimination in a federal trial court. The workers appealed to
the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which revived all the
cases except for the gender discrimination claim. Seagate sought
U.S. Supreme Court review of the decision that reinstated the
seven race and age suits.

The high court today rejected Seagate's appeal, which argued
the workers failed to rebut the company's contention that it used
legitimate, non-discriminatory, criteria in deciding which
workers would lose their jobs.

Seagate is based in Scotts Valley, California.

The case is Seagate v. Beaird, 98-370.
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