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Age Discrimination Case Overturned by Supreme Court

By Edward Bills

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The U.S. Supreme Court overturned an award in an age-discrimination case, finding that plaintiffs must meet a higher standard when filing claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act than when filing claims under Title VII, which covers racial and gender discrimination. Although the court was split 5-4, the majority led by Clarence Thomas said that age cannot be 'simply a motivating factor' when alleging age discrimination.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on June 22, 2009 (boomark / email).

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