Legal Opinion
Paul J. Hoffman v. McA Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 5, 1998No. 97-3199PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Paul Hoffman worked for seventeen years at MCA, Inc. In 1994, MCA fired him.' He brought this suit alleging that he was fired because of his age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment to MCA. We affirm.
I. History
MCA is a syndicator that sells television programming to television stations around the country. In 1977, MCA hired Hoffman as a sales representative in its Chicago office. Hoffman was not an at-will employee—he worked under a series of contracts until MCA fired him in…
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