Legal Opinion

Rayford C. PACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 4, 1983No. 81-8021PublishedCited by 200 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Southern Railway System, in an action brought by Rayford C. Pace, plaintiff-appellant, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. Appellant alleged that ap-pellee discriminated on the basis of his age in its decision to demote him. The court below, 530 F.Supp. 381, granted summary judgment, concluding that appellant had failed to establish a prima facie case of age discrimination. We affirm.

Appellant was first employed by Southern in 1944.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  4. Warrior Tombigbee Transportation Company, Inc. v. M/v Nan Fung Etc., John K. Irish, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Ernest Leon Clemons v. Dougherty County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by200 opinions

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  2. Vernon EARLEY and Garey Noe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  3. Norma Rollins v. Techsouth, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Damon v. Fleming Supermarkets of Florida, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
  5. Mikele S. CARTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Jose Garcia-Pendrosa, Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989

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