Legal Opinion
J.D. Hamilton v. 1st Source Bank
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1990No. 89-2615PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
We must here decide when the statute of limitations for filing age-based pay discrimination claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission begins to run under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34. Plaintiff Hamilton argues that a “discovery” rule applies to the statute of limitations in 29 U.S.C. § 626(d), i.e., that the limitations period does not begin to run until an employee discovers, or should have discovered, that he was a victim of pay discrimination. We hold that, under the plain and unequivocal language of the…
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