Legal Opinion
Warren A. PROUD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael P.W. STONE, Secretary of the Army, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1991No. 90-2443PublishedCited by 322 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the recurrent situation in which a former employee alleges that the same individual who hired him discharged him only several months later for discriminatory reasons. Because the plaintiff has failed to overcome the significant burden that such a plaintiff faces in making out a claim of discriminatory discharge, we affirm the judgment of the district. court dismissing the action.
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Plaintiff Warren A. Proud submitted to the Department of the Army in 1984 an application for employment that included his date of birth. This application was…
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