HENNESSEY v. GOOD EARTH TOOLS, INC.

No. 97-1459.

126 F.3d 1107 (1997)

Edward HENNESSEY, Appellant, v. GOOD EARTH TOOLS, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Allan, Clayton, MO, argued, for appellant.

Robert Branom, Jr., St. Louis, MO, argued (Paula J. Colman, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Good Earth Tools, Inc. hired Edward Hennessey when he was fifty-five years old and fired him when he was fifty-nine. Good Earth claimed that it fired Hennessey because of unsatisfactory work; Hennessey disagreed. He sued Good Earth for age discrimination in violation of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (1994 & Supp. 1 1995), and the Missouri Human Rights Act ("MHRA"), Mo.Rev.Stat....

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