United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.

Outcome

The court denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment, ruling that the EEOC may pursue individual monetary relief on behalf of 32 partners who failed to file timely ADEA charges. The court held that Waffle House overruled the Seventh Circuit's prior decision in North Gibson, establishing that the EEOC's authority to seek relief derives from its own statutory right to vindicate public interest, independent of individuals' personal rights to sue.