Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit January 6, 2004, No. 02-3620 (Koval v. Dow Jones & Co.)

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Lawrence Koval, a white male, worked at defendant-appellee Dow Jones & Co. (“Dow Jones”) for twenty-one years, beginning in 1978. In 1994, Koval sought promotion to a position created after a restructuring of the company, but a younger minority female obtained the post.