Legal Opinion
Berlin L. LAWSON, Appellant, v. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1982No. 81-2192PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
Berlin L. Lawson brought this suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq., alleging that Burlington Industries, Inc. unlawfully terminated his employment and refused to transfer him to an acceptable position be cause of his age. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant on the grounds that Lawson failed to file his discrimination charge within the statutory time period, 1 and that no equitable justifications for tolling the statutory period existed. We affirm.
Lawson was first hired by Burlington in 1959, and…
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- 24 Fair empl.prac.cas. 451, 34 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,397 Wagner v. Sperry Univac Division of Sperry Rand CorpCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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