Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ethan Allen, Inc., and Ethan Allen Furniture Orleans Division
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 30, 1994No. 465, Docket 94-6063PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) brought this action on behalf of Hugh Pierce claiming that Pierce’s former employers, Ethan Allen, Inc., and Ethan Allen Furniture Orleans Division (Ethan Allen), discharged Pierce because of his age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. At the end of the defendants’ case the district court, Parker, C.J., granted Ethan Allen’s motion for judgment as a matter of law. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a). Because we find that the district court erred in granting the motion, we…
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