Legal Opinion
Franklin Atkinson v. Denton Publishing Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1996No. 94-40302PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
For 21 years Franklin Atkinson was the circulation manager for the Denton Record-Chronicle, a paper owned by Denton Publishing Company. On December 30, 1991, at age 58, Atkinson was terminated. Atkinson filed this lawsuit, claiming that he was unlawfully discharged in that (1) he was discharged because of his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 623, (2) his discharge breached a written employment contract, (3) the Paper’s actions rose to the level of intentional infliction of emotional distress, and (4) he was terminated because he…
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