Legal Opinion

Ralph A. NIELSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 24, 1979No. 78-1900PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEVITT, Chief District Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the district court’s entry of summary judgment finding his claim of discriminatory demotion in employment on account of age to be barred by failure to file a notice of intent to sue within the statutorily required 180 day period and from its ruling that neither damages for pain and suffering nor punitive damages are recoverable under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq. We affirm.

Plaintiff started employment at Western Electric on January 7, 1957 as a planning engineer and worked up to department chief.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Emra Joseph Bonham v. Dresser Industries, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
  2. Anne M. DARTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  3. Shell Oil Co. v. DarttSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Morris J. Starsky v. Jack R. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  5. Shell Oil Co. v. DarttSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Alex John, Jr. v. State of Louisiana (Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  2. Carl Kale v. Combined Insurance Company of America, Carl Kale v. Combined Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  3. W. B. COKE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Zenaida Garc A-Ayala v. Lederle Parenterals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
  5. Market Street Associates Limited Partnership and William Orenstein v. Dale FreyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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