Philip R. Visser v. Packer Engineering Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq., is a major source of federal litigation and a growing factor in American labor markets. The question of what a plaintiff in an age discrimination case must show in order to defeat the defendant’s motion for summary judgment is fundamental to the administration of the Act, and hence is of large practical importance.
The district judge granted summary judgment to the defendant in this case, so we must construe the facts as favorably to the plaintiff, Philip Visser, as the record will permit. Dr. Kenneth…
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