· 6/23/1997
George A. Schiltz v. Burlington Northern Railroad Transportation Communications Union
Citations
- 115 F.3d 1407
- 155 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2583
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 14993
- 70 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,776
- 74 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 303
- 1997 WL 340670
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that if doubts arise as to type of dispute at issue, court should construe dispute as minor
- holding that a five-year age difference is insufficient to infer age discrimination
- holding district court must determine whether employer hired someone “sufficiently younger” to make out employee’s fourth element of the prima facie prong
- holding that a five-year age disparity is insufficient to infer discrimination
- indicating that a plaintiff cannot meet the prima facie burden of demonstrating replacement by a younger person if the position is never filled
- holding district court must determine whether employer hired someone \sufficiently younger\ to make out employee's fourth element of the prima facie prong
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Judges: Wollman, Beam, Reasoner
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