John Balderston and John Gabriel v. Fairbanks Morse Engine Division of Coltec Industries, 1

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• explaining that, to defeat summary judgment motion, nonmovant must adduce specific facts \sufficient to raise a genuine issue for trial\
• explaining that the similarly situated prong is modified in RIF cases when the employer decides who will be rehired from a defined group
• plaintiffs own belief that he was best candidate for job is irrelevant to question of pretext
• “A reason honestly described but poorly founded is not a pretext as that term is used in the law of discrimination.”
• district court did not abuse discretion in age discrimination action in which plaintiffs requested companywide personnel information in limiting scope of discovery to relevant corporate department, similarly situated employees, time period, and decisionmakers
• “The Seventh Circuit has defined ‘substantially younger’ as generally ten years younger.”

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