Athanasios Sembos v. Philips Components

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Athanasios Sembos sued his former employer, Philips Components, for age discrimination after Philips fired him. Sem-bos also alleged state law claims for breach of contract and promissory estoppel. The district court granted Philips summary judgment. Sembos appeals. We affirm.

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Athanasios Sembos began working for Philips Components, a division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation, 1 in 1978. In September 1998, Philips notified Sembos that it was selling a substantial portion of the Philips Components division to Beyerschlag Centralab Components (“BCC”). Many…