Mason v. Richmond Motor Co., Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

WARRINER, District Judge.

Presently under consideration by this Court is the question of whether the Court should exercise pendent jurisdiction over the claims asserted by plaintiff under Virginia law in this action brought under the Age Discrimination In Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (hereinafter “the ADEA”).

On 17 October 1985 plaintiff filed his complaint. The first two counts of plaintiff’s complaint allege that plaintiff was discharged by his employer, defendant Richmond Motor Co., solely because of his age and thus in violation of the ADEA. Under Counts I and…