Legal Opinion
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 8, 1985No. 83-997PublishedCited by 1,751 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), a commercial airline, permits captains disqualifed from serving in that capacity for reasons other than age to transfer automatically to the position of flight engineer. In this case, we must decide whether the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 81 Stat. 602, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 621 et seq., requires the airline to afford this same “privilege of employment” to those captains disqualified by their age. We also must decide what constitutes a “willful” violation of the ADEA, entitling a plaintiff to “liquidated” or double damages.
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