Where a defendant employer was awarded summary judgment on claims of discrimination on the basis of age, race and national origin brought by a plaintiff who was terminated from his job during a reduction in workforce, the judgment should be affirmed because (1) the lower court correctly held that the plaintiff did not establish a prima facie case of age, race or national origin discrimination and (2) the employer articulated legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons for his termination that the plaintiff did not show to be pretext for unlawful discrimination.
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