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Adea Doctrinal Impediments To The Fulfillment Of The Wirtz Report Agenda, Michael C. Harper
Adea Doctrinal Impediments To The Fulfillment Of The Wirtz Report Agenda, Michael C. Harper
University of Richmond Law Review
Ideally, this symposium marking the three-decade anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) would present an opportunity to assess how well the ADEA has achieved its plausible goals. However, I recognize that any definitive assessment of the success of a statute like the ADEA, which requires the modification of the behavior of social actors, must depend on the kind of sophisticated empirical study for which I have neither the time, resources or capability. I also recognize that defending my identification of the goals of the ADEA might itself require an entire essay.
Does Pretext Plus Age Equal The Sum Of The Judgement?, Susan Childers North
Does Pretext Plus Age Equal The Sum Of The Judgement?, Susan Childers North
University of Richmond Law Review
In deciding cases under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), several circuit courts of appeals have interpreted the tripartite test set forth in McDonnell Douglas v. Green to mean that a plaintiff could prevail in proving individual disparate treatment by proving a prima facie case and that the employer's proffered reasons were a pretext. The Third, Seventh and Eighth Circuits concluded that a showing that a proffered justification is pretextual is equivalent to a finding that the employer intentionally discriminated. In other words, "the plaintiff is entitled to judgment as a matter of law when, in the third stage …