Fischer v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Raymond Fischer appeals from an order of the district court dismissing his claim for damages allegedly caused by a discharge from employment because of his age. Con- • struing Idaho’s former age discrimination act, Title 44, Chapter 16 of the Idaho Code (now repealed) — upon which Fischer’s claim was based — the district court held it did not have original jurisdiction to entertain the claim. On review, we conclude that the district court was correct.

Idaho’s age discrimination act was adopted in 1965 and repealed in 1982. It was in force, however, at the time Fischer’s…