Lester L. JAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL SALT CO., and Akzo America, Inc., Defendants-Appellees

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Lester L. Jay appeals from an order of the district court granting a summary judgment on Jay’s claim of age discrimination in favor of defendants International Salt Company and the parent company of International Salt, AKZO America, Inc. (hereafter collectively referred to as ISC). 694 F.Supp. 207. We affirm.

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In May 1985, plaintiff Lester L. Jay was sixty years old and serving as mine manager for ISC at its Avery Island Salt Mine in Louisiana. It was at this time that ISC officials informed Jay of their decision to replace him as mine manager with a younger…