DUFFY, Douglass M., Appellee, v. WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL CORP., Appellant

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Douglass Duffy brought suit against his former employer, Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (“Wheeling-Pittsburgh”) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. (1975) (“ADEA”).1 The district court held that Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s discharge of Duffy violated the ADEA, based on the court’s findings that Duffy had established a prima facie case of age discrimination and that Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s proffered reason for discharging Duffy was a “mere pretext.” The questions presented on this appeal are (1) whether the…