United States Eighth Circuit

An employment age discrimination claim is not actionable where the employer offered a legitimate, non-discriminatory ground for plaintiff's termination (poor performance) which plaintiff failed to show was pretextual.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/06/2002
• Published 08/06/2002

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• D. Eric Sowers, argued, St. Louis, MO (Ferne P. Wolf, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jerry M. Hunter, argued, St. Louis, MO (Timothy C. Mooney, Jr., on the brief), for appellee.