United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 96-1973 ___________ Wally Bredemeier, * * Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Hallmark Cards, Inc., a Missouri * Western District of Missouri. corporation; Hallmark Marketing * Corporation, a Delaware * [UNPUBLISHED] corporation; Kenneth J. Sive; * Thomas L. Haskin; Gary Jacobsen, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: August 7, 1997 Filed: August 18, 1997 ___________ Before FAGG, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

After the District Court1 granted summary judgment to defendants in his age discrimination case, Wally Bredemeier appeals. Having reviewed the record and the parties’ briefs, we conclude that the judgment of the District Court was correct. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

A true copy.

Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

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