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Supreme Court will decide federal employer ADEA retaliation case
September 25, 2007 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo

Gómez-Pérez v. Potter (certiorari granted 09/25/2007)
Details: http://www.lawmemo.com/supreme/Gomez-Perez/

Gómez-Pérez sued claiming that her federal employer (the USPS) retaliated against her because she filed an equal employment opportunity complaint with her employer alleging discrimination on the basis of age.

The 1st Circuit held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not provide a cause of action for retaliation by federal employees.

Applying ADEA Section 15 (29 USC Section 633a), the 1st Circuit reasoned that the statutory prohibition against "discrimination" does not include a prohibition against retaliation.

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the 61st Circuit's judgment.

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