55 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1653, 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,869 Vincent F. Shutt v. Sandoz Crop Protection Corporation, a New York Corporation Zoecon Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

934 F.2d 186 55 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1653 , 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,869 Vincent F. SHUTT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SANDOZ CROP PROTECTION CORPORATION, a New York corporation; Zoecon Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 89-35502. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 4, 1990. Decided Jan. 16, 1991. As Amended May 31, 1991. Opinion, 923 F.2d 722 , superseded. Paul J. Cherner, Paul E. Bateman, Steven L. Hamann, Sachnoff & Weaver, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant Sandoz Crop Protection Corp. John S. Moore, Richard R. Johnson, Velikanje, Moore & Shore, Yakima, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee Shutt. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, WRIGHT and NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges. NOONAN, Circuit Judge: 1 Vincent F. Shutt, a citizen of the state of Washington, brought suit against Sandoz Crop Protection Corporation (Sandoz), a New York corporation, and Zoecon Corporation (Zoecon), a Delaware corporation, alleging that he had been discharged by the defendants in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. Secs. 621-634…