Legal Opinion
Joachim v. Babbit
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided July 27, 1999No. Civ.A. 97-434-B-M1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
POLOZOLA, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Defendant Bruce Babbit’s, Secretary of the Interior, motion for summary judgment. For the reasons which follow, Defendant’s motion is GRANTED.
Plaintiffs complaint asserts that she was the victim of age discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (“ADEA”). The ADEA, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq., prohibits age discrimination in the workplace by employers. 1
An ADEA plaintiff may establish age discrimination either (1) by direct evidence or (2) by circumstantial evidence through the application of the…
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