James M. Connaughton v. Monsanto Company, D/B/A Monsanto Commercial Products Company, a Delaware Corporation

Eighth Circuit

James M. Connaughton v. Monsanto Company, D/B/A Monsanto Commercial Products Company, a Delaware Corporation

557 F.2d 635, 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12664

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit·Decided June 29, 1977·No. 76-2034·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, James M. Connaughton, appeals from a judgment of the District Court in favor of defendant, Monsanto Company. Plaintiff’s suit was brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (Supp. V, 1975). Following a bench trial, the District Court entered a judgment for Monsanto. The trial judge assumed, without finding, that Connaughton had established a prima facie case and held that this case had been successfully rebutted by Monsanto’s showing that age had played no part in any of its decisions regarding Connaughton.

Upon a review of the record and of the briefs and arguments of the parties, we are convinced that the trial court’s findings of fact are not clearly erroneous and that it applied correct principles of law to the fac *636 tual issues presented. Accordingly, we affirm on the basis of Judge Regan’s well-reasoned District Court opinion.

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PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, James M. Connaughton, appeals from a judgment of the District Court in favor of defendant, Monsanto Company. Plaintiff’s suit was brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (Supp. V, 1975). Following a bench trial, the District Court entered a judgment for Monsanto. The trial judge assumed, without finding, that Connaughton had established a prima facie case and held that this case had been successfully rebutted by Monsanto’s showing that age had played no part in any of its decisions regarding Connaughton.

Upon a review of the record and of the briefs and arguments of the parties, we are convinced that the trial court’s findings of fact are not clearly erroneous and that it applied correct principles of law to the fac *636 tual issues presented. Accordingly, we affirm on the basis of Judge Regan’s well-reasoned District Court opinion.

James M. Connaughton v. Monsanto Company, D/B/A Monsanto Commercial Products Company, a Delaware Corporation, 557 F.2d 635, 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12664 (8th Cir. 1977).

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