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Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

2nd CircuitAugust 14, 2006No. 02-7378-Cited 13 times

Case Details

Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal
Circuit
2nd Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Discrimination

Outcome

The Second Circuit, on remand from the Supreme Court, vacated the district court judgment and entered judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendants on all age discrimination claims, finding that plaintiffs failed to meet the burden of proving business necessity under the disparate impact framework established in Smith v. City of Jackson.

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