JAMES H. MEIN, Appellant,
v.
MASONITE CORPORATION, Appellee.
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Opinion filed September 20, 1985.
Rehearing denied December 2, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jerome W. Pinderski, Jr., of Pinderski & Pinderski, Ltd., of Palatine (Paul C. Pinderski, of counsel), for appellant.
Michael T. Roumell and Gerald S. Patterson, of McDermott, Will & Emery, of Chicago, for appellee.
John M. Cannon, Susan W. Wanat and Ann Plunkett Sheldon, of Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Association of Commerce & Industry, Illinois Manufacturers' Association and Mid-America Legal Foundation.
Robert E. Williams and Douglas S. McDowell, of McGuiness & Williams, of Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Equal Employment Advisory Council.
Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, and Shelvin L. Hall, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Department of Human Rights.
James Baird and Joan McAvinn Gale, of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois State Chamber of Commerce.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Judgment affirmed.
JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:
James Mein filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against his former employer, the Masonite Corporation, alleging that he was wrongfully discharged by Masonite in violation of the public policy of Illinois which prohibits age discrimination in the workplace. The trial court granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint for...
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