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· 3/5/2001

Ella Wade v. Lerner New York, Inc.

Citations

  • 243 F.3d 319
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 3333
  • 80 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,454
  • 85 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 399
  • 2001 WL 210178

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  • holding that sentencing judge was not precluded from relying on testimony from witnesses who had impure motives, criminal histories, and a record of telling lies
  • plaintiff’s age discrimination claim failed where her employer mistakenly, but honestly, believed the plaintiff had been late for work
  • plaintiff’s age discrimination claim failed where her employer mistak- enly, but honestly, believed the plaintiff had been late for work
  • “[W]e will not sit as a ‘superpersonnel department’ debating the merits of legitimate, non-discriminatory criteria a business chooses to employ.”

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Judges: Easterbrook, Kanne, Rovner

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