· 9/27/1988
Federal Case
Citations
- 857 F.2d 1397
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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