Legal Opinion
Fortino v. Quasar Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 3, 1991No. Nos. 91-1123, 91-1197 and 91-1564PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit charges the American subsidiary of a Japanese company with discriminating against its American executives on the basis of their age and national origin, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 626(b), and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., respectively. A jury and judge (only the age claim was triable to a jury, since Title VII authorizes only equitable relief) awarded the three plaintiffs — John Fortino, Carl Meyers, and F. William Schulz, all former executives of Quasar Company, an…
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