57 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 144, 57 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,095 Vincent F. Shutt v. Sandoz Crop Protection Corporation, a New York Corporation Zoecon Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

944 F.2d 1431 57 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 144 , 57 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,095 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, and Sept. 30, 1991. 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. §§ 621-634 , and the…