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093007P.pdf   06/23/2010  Kathy D. Jones  v.  National American
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-3007
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and John R.
   Gibson, Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. Challenge to certain
   evidentiary rulings rejected; evidence was sufficient to support the jury's
   verdict that defendant discriminated against plaintiff on the basis of her
   age as the jury could determine that defendant's proffered reasons for the
   failure to promote plaintiff were pretexts for intentional age
   discrimination; district court did not err in rejecting defendant's request
   for instruction on the "honest belief" doctrine or by issuing a "changed
   reasons" pretext instruction; district court did not err in denying motion
   for a new trial based on claim plaintiff's counsel made improper closing
   arguments.