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· 9/27/1988

Federal Case

Citations

  • 857 F.2d 1397

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding instances of alleged contradictions and inconsistencies were too insubstantial to allow a reasonable jury to infer pretext
  • concluding instances of alleged contradictions and inconsistencies were too insubstantial to allow a reasonable jury to infer pretext
  • court may not “second-guess business deci sions made by employers, in the absence of some evidence of impermissible motives”
  • “Statistics generally are not of significance in age discrimination cases unless the disparities in treatment are quite large.”
  • “This court will not second guess business decisions made by employers, in the absence of some evidence of impermissible motives.”
  • inference of age discrimination not met where of 18 employees terminated, over 60 per cent under age 40

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