Legal Opinion
Massarsky v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 14, 1983No. Nos. 82-5176, 82-5177PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This complex age discrimination case had its genesis in a decision by General Motors Corporation (the Company) to lay off plaintiff William Massarsky in February 1971 as part of its reduction of the plant workforce. At that time, the Company retained a younger employee who was junior in service to Massarsky. Complaining that the Company discriminated on the basis of age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA or the Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. (1976 & Supp. V 1981), Massarsky brought suit in 1976 in the United States…
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