Legal Opinion
Elmer Ritter v. Hill 'N Dale Farm, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 9, 2000No. 99-3132PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Elmer Ritter, a field maintenance worker at Hill ’N Dale Farm (HND), filed suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634, against HND 1 after his employment end ed 2 when he was 71. In granting summary judgment for HND, the district court found that Ritter narrowly made out a prima facie case of discrimination, held that Ritter had failed to demonstrate that HND’s proffered reason for ending his employment — that an economic downturn made his position unnecessary — was pre-textual, and rejected Ritter’s contention that HND’s subsequent…
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