Jackson v. Cal-Western Packaging Corp.

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• holding that age-discrimination plaintiff’s evidence, which consisted of workplace remarks, did not constitute direct evidence of discrimination
• recognizing that the framework outlined in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973), applies to age discrimination cases
• recognizing that the Fifth Circuit has a history of applying the McDonnell Douglas framework to allocate the burden of production and the order of presenting proof in ADEA cases
• holding that a discriminatory comment made almost a year prior to an employment action was too distant in time to show a connection between the remark and the act
• recognizing that the Fifth Circuit has a history of applying the McDonnell Douglas framework to allocate the burden of production and the order of presenting proof in ADEA cases
• observing that courts are under no “duty to sift through the record in search of evidence to support a party’s opposition to summary judgment”

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