Thomas C. Hopper v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., Thomas C. Hopper v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., Thomas C. Hopper v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.

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• holding mere speculation is insufficient to support a reasonable inference of discrimination
• statistics comparing managerial-level employees discharged from other units and excluding other younger managers discharged just prior to the data did not raise a reasonable inference of age discrimination
• “Although we must give [the plaintiff] the benefit of all reasonable inferences, we may not accord him the benefit of unreasonable inferences.”
• statistics comparing managerial-level employees discharged from other units and excluding other younger managers discharged just prior to the data did not raise a reasonable inference of age discrimination
• “Although we must give [plaintiff] the benefit of all reasonable inferences, we may not accord him ‘the benefit of unreasonable inferences.’ A reasonable inference is one ‘which may be drawn without resort to speculation.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).