Legal Opinion
Riggs v. AirTran Airways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2007No. 06-3250PublishedCited by 175 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Doris Riggs appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment against her on her claim that Defendant-Appellee AirTran Airways, Inc., (“AirTran”) terminated her in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621. The district court concluded that Ms. Riggs had failed to bring forth sufficient evidence to create a jury question as to whether Air-Tran’s asserted nondiscriminatory reason for terminating her was actually a pretext for age discrimination. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we…
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