Legal Opinion
Howard YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1988No. 87-3479PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case involves a complaint filed under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634. The district court granted summary judgment to the employer, holding that the employee had failed to establish pretext, an element essential to his case. We affirm.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
Howard Young began working for General Foods Corporation in 1960. Three years later, Young became a Military Sales Representative in the company’s Military Sales Division, responsible for the area including Jacksonville, Florida. In 1981 Young and the other Military Sales…
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