District Court, E.D. Virginia September 3, 1997, C.A. No. 97-330-A (Bell Atlantic Cash Balance Plan v. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

The threshold jurisdictional issue presented in this declaratory judgment action is whether plaintiffs have “jumped the gun” in petitioning for a declaration of non-discrimination before the defendant-agency has completed its investigation and assessment of certain discrimination charges.