Legal Opinion

Roger COLLIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the BUDD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 26, 1995No. 95-1227PublishedCited by 152 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Roger Collier was terminated from his job as a sales representative for the Budd Company’s (“Budd”) Polychem division on September 30, 1991, when he was 53 years old. Collier sued under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq., claiming that Budd used the restructuring of its sales force as a subterfuge for age discrimination. The district court granted summary judgement to Budd, holding that Collier failed to state a prima facie case of age discrimination or, in the alternative, that he did not present sufficient evidence of pretext.…

2Cases cited32 opinions

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