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A Case For The Ages: Thompson And Preserving The Adea Statutory Time To File, Rachel Gadra Rankin
A Case For The Ages: Thompson And Preserving The Adea Statutory Time To File, Rachel Gadra Rankin
Georgia State University Law Review
This Note analyzes the contractual shortening of the ADEA’s filing period, contrasting it with Title VII’s requirements and advocating for legislative or judicial clarification.
Disparate Impact Under The Adea: Applicants Need Not Apply, L. Whitney Woodward
Disparate Impact Under The Adea: Applicants Need Not Apply, L. Whitney Woodward
Georgia State University Law Review
Part I of this Note addresses the current debate on this topic, illustrated through case law in the Eleventh Circuit, the Seventh Circuit, and a recent federal district court ruling in the Ninth Circuit. Part II analyzes the unambiguous, textual differences between the various subsections of the ADEA as well as the textual differences between Title VII and the ADEA. This Note explores these textual arguments through an analysis of the statutes and interpretative case law and concludes that, as drafted, the disparate impact theory of age discrimination should not be available to non- employee job applicants. Part III illustrates …