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Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
U.S. Supreme CourtJune 19, 2008No. 06-1505Cited 192 times
Plaintiff WinKnolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Souter, Scalia, Thomas
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Supreme Court reversed lower court decision and remanded for further proceedings
- Circuit
- Federal Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
Supreme Court held that the ADEA's reasonable factor other than age (RFOA) defense does not require employers to prove absence of age discrimination by clear and convincing evidence, but allowed age discrimination claims to proceed where reduction-in-force decisions had disparate impact on older workers.
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