PRUET PRODUCTION CO. v. AYLES

No. 84-4686.

784 F.2d 1275 (1986)

PRUET PRODUCTION CO. and Pruet Oil Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Roy G. AYLES, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cupit & Maxey, John L. Maxey, II, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Jolly, Miller & Milam, Armin J. Moeller, Jr., W. Thomas Siler, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before POLITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH HOLLAN JONES, Circuit Judge:

A terminated employee and his former employer appeal from adverse directed verdicts on their respective Title VII age discrimination and pendent state law breach of contract claims. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the trial court's granting of both directed verdicts.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Roy G. Ayles, who had both an accounting and a law degree, began working for Pruet family entities in 1970...

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