McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co.

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• holding that an award of back pay may be limited by subsequently acquired evidence of employee wrongdoing that would have justified the employee's termination
• finding employer could not have been motivated by knowledge it did not have and claim that an employee was fired for a nondiscriminatory reason
• holding extrinsic evidence admissible to demonstrate falsity of trial testimony
• \[The ADEA's] remedial provisions incorporate by reference the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938\
• “The ADEA and Title VII share common substantive features and also a common purpose”
• “It would not accord with [the purposes of various anti-discrimination statutes, including the ADA] if after-acquired evidence of wrongdoing that would have resulted in termination operates, in every instance, to bar all relief for an earlier violation of the Act.”

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