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Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
U.S. Supreme CourtOctober 18, 2010No. 09-1449Cited 1 time
Plaintiff WinKnolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Consideration, Petitions, Took
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Reversed and remanded from Second Circuit Court of Appeals
- Circuit
- Federal Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
The Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit's decision, holding that the ADEA's reasonable factor other than age (RFOA) defense requires employers to prove by clear and convincing evidence that age was not a motivating factor in employment decisions, and remanded for further proceedings.
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