United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's age discrimination claim is reversed where defendant-employer's hiring of someone substantially younger than plaintiff, with less experience, is sufficient evidence to survive summary judgment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/22/2004
• Published 10/22/2004

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew H. Haber (argued), Favaro, Buzek & Gorman, Palatine, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Jennifer S. Goldstein, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen E. Balogh, III (argued), Williams & McCarthy, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.