Legal Opinion
Moss v. BMC Software, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2010No. 09-20488PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Michael Moss, a commercial transactions and information technology lawyer, brought this case alleging that software company BMC Software, Inc. (BMC) violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. (ADEA), by declining to hire him when he applied for a Staff Legal Counsel position. At that time, Moss was 68 years old. BMC instead hired a younger lawyer. In response to Moss’s claims, BMC asserted that the younger lawyer was the better qualified candidate. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of BMC, concluding that Moss…
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