Legal Opinion
Enrique A. ARMENDARIZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. the PINKERTON TOBACCO COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1995No. 93-8628PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
In March 1991, Pinkerton Tobacco Company made a decision to dissolve its Denver sales division. As a result, several field sales personnel, including 53 year-old Enrique Ar-mendariz, were discharged. Pinkerton claiméd that Armendariz was discharged both because his job was being eliminated and the division he worked in was being rearranged. Armendariz claimed that he was discharged because of his age, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (West 1985).
At trial, the jury: (1) found that age was a determining factor in…
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