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1983 United States Supreme Court case
EEOC v. Wyoming
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 5, 1982
Decided March 2, 1983
Full case nameEqual Employment Opportunity Commission v. State of Wyoming
Docket no.81-554
Citations460 U.S. 226 (more)
Holding
The court held the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any employee or potential employee between the ages of 40 and 70 on the basis of age, except "where age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business. or where the differentiation is based on reasonable factors other than age."
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityBrennan, joined by White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens
ConcurrenceStevens
DissentBurger, joined by Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor
DissentPowell, joined by O'Connor
Laws applied
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Commerce Clause

EEOC v. Wyoming, 460 U.S. 226 (1983), is a United States Supreme Court case about forcible retirement of an employee of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The court held the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against any employee or potential employee between the ages of 40 and 70 on the basis of age, except "where age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business. or where the differentiation is based on reasonable factors other than age."

The EEOC was represented by Solicitor General Rex E. Lee.

References

  1. "EEOC v. Wyoming, 460 U.S. 226 (1983)". Justia Law. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. "United States Supreme Court EEOC v. WYOMING (1983)". FindlLaw. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

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