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· 4/12/1988

Diamantopulos v. Brookside Corp.

Citations

  • 683 F. Supp. 322
  • 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3061
  • 49 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 38,826
  • 49 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 716
  • 1988 WL 33268

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Economic considerations which are simply a result of employing older employees do not constitute legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for either a failure to hire them or their discharge.”
  • ‘‘[n]o matter how illogical or irrational a decision might be, it is only actionable if the employer harbors a discriminatory animus and that animus is one of the causes of the adverse action taken against the employee’’ [emphasis added]

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Judges: Dorsey

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