Legal Opinion
Darrell KEMPCKE, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant—Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1998No. 97-1423PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Monsanto Company fired Darrell Kempcke when he refused to return company documents that he believed reflected a pattern of age discrimination against himself and others. Kempcke now appeals the grant of summary judgment dismissing his age discrimination and retaliation claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34, and the Missouri Human Rights Act, Mo. Ann. Stat. §§ 213.010 et seq. We reverse.
We view the facts in the light most favorable to Kempcke. At the time in question he was a forty-eight year old senior training manager in Monsanto’s…
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