McMannes v. United Rentals, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BENNETT, Chief Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.1021

A. Factual Background.1021

B. Procedural Background.1025

II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.1026

A. Standards For Summary Judgment.1026

B. McMannes’s ADEA Claim.1027

1. The circumstantial evidence paradigm.1027

2. Arguments of the parties.1029

a. United’s arguments for summary judgment.1029

b. McMannes’s arguments in resistance.1030

c. United’s reply.1031

3. Analysis — McMannes’s showing of pretext.1031

III. CONCLUSION.1036

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Factual Background

Plaintiff Lynda McMannes…