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OLSON v. NORTHERN FS, INC.

Nos. 04-1102, 04-1464.

387 F.3d 632 (2004)

Charles P. OLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHERN FS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew H. Haber (argued), Favaro, Buzek & Gorman, Palatine, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen E. Balogh, III (argued), Williams & McCarthy, Rockford, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Jennifer S. Goldstein, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Early in 2001, Northern FS took a chance when it hired Jacob Bloome, a 22-year-old without any sales experience, to replace Chuck Olson, who had won several sales awards in his more than 40 years with the company, as its new crop salesman. The fact that Bloome's supervisor described his performance as "substandard" in his 2 years as a crop salesman (Bloome no longer works for Northern FS) allows us to conclude that the company likely...

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