Babb v. Wilkie
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court
Justice ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court.*
*1171The federal-sector provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 88 Stat. 74, 29 U.S.C. § 633a(a), provides (with just a few exceptions) that "personnel actions" affecting individuals aged 40 and older "shall be made free from any discrimination based on age." We are asked to decide whether this provision imposes liability only when age is a "but-for cause" of the personnel action in question.
We hold that § 633a(a) goes further than that. The plain meaning of the critical statutory language ("made free from any…
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