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COUPÉ v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP.

No. 96-5978.

121 F.3d 1022 (1997)

Robert J. COUPÉ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas H. Cobbs (argued and briefed), Law Offices of Nicholas H. Cobbs, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James R. Mulroy, II (argued and briefed), Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: KRUPANSKY, NELSON, and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Except where age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of an employer's business, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq., prohibits the employer from discharging an individual because of his age. See 29 U.S.C. § 623(a)(1) and (f)(1). Federal law also prohibits any air cargo operator regulated by the Federal...

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