United States Ninth Circuit

Evidence that older employees were disproportionately laid off, that the EEOC issued reasonable cause determinations, and that an executive stated plaintiffs were were not "young and promotable," is not sufficient to establish pretextual age discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/17/2000
• Decided 11/20/2000
• Published 11/20/2000

Judges

• Before:  B. FLETCHER, CANBY, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arthur Pederson (argued) and Karen Karr, Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Blakley & Randolph, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, and James Hill, Phoenix, Arizona, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Martin Harris (argued), Connelly Sheehan Moran, Chicago, Illinois, and Antonio Dominguez, Dominguez & Associates, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for the defendant-appellee.