Hans JENSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF OIL REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY and Gulf Oil Corporation, Defendants-Appellees

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

I. FACTS

Plaintiff-Appellant Hans Jensen brought suit against his former employer, Gulf Oil Corporation and Gulf Oil Refining and Marketing Company, a division of Gulf Oil Corporation (Gulf), alleging that Gulf violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34 (1976) by forcing him to retire because of his age. From a summary judgment entered in Gulf’s favor, Jensen appeals. 1

Appellant, a Gulf employee for twenty-nine years, was involuntarily retired on January 31, 1977, at the age of fifty-one, pursuant to the terms of an employee…