Powell v. Dallas Morning News L.P.

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• holding similar evidence insufficient to constitute direct evidence of age-based bias
• “nonmovant cannot defeat a motion for summary judgment by submitting an affidavit [that] contradicts, without explanation, his previous testimony.”
• “Courts have consistently disregarded such sham affidavits as nothing more than an attempt to ‘manufacture a disputed material fact where none exists.”
• Under the “sham affidavit” doctrine, a “nonmovant cannot defeat a motion for summary judgment by submitting an affidavit [that] contradicts, without explanation, his previous testimony.”
• “Courts have consistently disregarded such sham affidavits as nothing more than an attempt to ‘manufacture a disputed material fact where none exists.’” (citing Alberton v. T.J. Stevenson & Co., Inc., 749 F.2d 223, 228 (5th Cir. 1984))
• “Courts have consistently disregarded such sham affidavits as nothing more than an attempt to ‘manufacture a disputed material fact where none exists.’” (citing Alberton v. T.J. Stevenson & Co., Inc., 749 F.2d 223, 228 (5th Cir. 1984))

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