Legal Opinion
Clark v. Coats & Clark, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1993No. 92-8024PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is an employment discrimination case between Coats & Clark, Inc. and five of its former employees. Each of the five employees, Hurst, Futch, Barrineau, Sliker, and Clark contends that Coats & Clark discharged him in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1140. Clark also asserts that he was forced to retire in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 626(b), and that, under Georgia law, his involuntary retirement constituted intentional infliction of emotional distress. The district…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Bill Clark Herbert Futch Austin Hurst Louis Sliker and William Barrineau v. Coats & Clark, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Offutt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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