Legal Opinion
Victor S. SAKELLAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOCKHEED MISSILES AND SPACE CO., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1985No. 83-2701PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge:
Victor Sakellar appeals the entry of judgment against him after a bench trial in an employment discrimination action. He claimed that Lockheed’s failure to rehire him after layoff violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 623(a)(l)(ADEA). An additional claim of national origin discrimination under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., was abandoned at trial. We affirm.
Except for a brief layoff in 1973, Lockheed continuously employed Sakellar from 1961 until he was laid-off on March 9, 1979. He was then fifty-four years old. While laid-off, Sakellar…
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