Legal Opinion
Roberto Landron Trinidad v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 15, 1978No. 77-1269PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a directed verdict against the three plaintiffs-appellants rendered after all the evidence had been presented but before the case was given to the jury for deliberation. The appellants had brought an age-discrimination case against defendant-appellee pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. (Age Discrimination In Employment Act — ADEA). The district judge presciently ruled that appellants were entitled to a jury trial, relying on Lorillard v. Pons,-U.S. -, 98 S.Ct. 866, 55 L.Ed.2d 40 (1978), which, at the time of his ruling, was still waiting in the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lorillard v. PonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Harold E. Harrington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Service Auto Supply Co. Of Puerto Rico v. Harte & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Richmond Steel Inc. v. Puerto Rican American Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Articles of Drug Consisting of the Following: 5,906 Boxes, Etc., United States of America v. Alcon Laboratories (Puerto Rico), Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Liberty Leather Corporation v. Richard Callum and Willard Helburn, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Herbert Room v. Caribe Hilton HotelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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