Appeals Court: Coach’s Age Discrimination Claim Lacked Merit

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s decision to dismiss an age discrimination claim brought by the former men’s basketball coach at Mount Saint Mary College.   In so ruling, the court reasoned that given “the totality of the circumstances as we must, these facts do not reasonably suggest that age was the 'but for' cause of the College's decision.”   Plaintiff-appellant Duane Davis was the college's part-time, men's basketball coach for 14 conse