Legal Opinion
Mary Jane ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUGAR TREE PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1994No. 92-2990PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
After Sugar Tree Products (STP) fired Mary Jane Rogers on October 16, 1989, she filed a complaint alleging STP violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634. The district court granted STP’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that STP was not an employer subject to the ADEA, 824 F.Supp. 755 (1992). We affirm.
I. Background
The mandates of the ADEA only apply to businesses that employ twenty or more individuals. 29 U.S.C. § 630(b). For federal subject matter jurisdiction to exist, the defendant must meet the…
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