Former Airport Director Loses Appeal

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – An appeals court has upheld the rejection of an age discrimination claim by a former Tupelo airport director.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a trial court was right to dismiss Terry Anderson’s claim that he was fired because of his age, agreeing there’s no good reason to believe that’s why the airport board fired Anderson.

The three-judge court accepted the Tupelo Regional Airport Authority’s claims that board members fired Anderson because they lost confidence in him after statements that board members construed as lies.

Anderson and some board members had a falling-out after the board rejected a runway extension in 2009. Anderson claimed in his initial lawsuit that he was illegally fired because he was 64 and because he had spoken to a reporter.

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