141016P.pdf   02/05/2015  Lt. LeRoy Hilde  v.  City of Eveleth
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-1016
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Employment discrimination. The defendant had not met its 
   burden of articulating a nondiscriminatory justification for its reliance 
   on plaintiff's retirement eligibility in making its hiring decision, and 
   the district court erred in granting the defendant's motion for summary 
   judgment on plaintiff's age discrimination claim; plaintiff met his burden 
   of showing the defendant's reasoning for its hiring decision, that an 
   outside candidate was most qualified, may be a pretext for age 
   discrimination; under the circumstances, where the decision makers thought 
   the chosen candidate would stay in the position for at least seven years 
   while plaintiff was eligible for immediate retirement, the age difference 
   between the candidates, while only 8 years, was substantial; remanded for 
   further proceedings.