Legal Opinion
Lehman v. Nakshian
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1981No. 80-242PublishedCited by 868 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The question presented by this case is whether a plaintiff in an action against the United States under § 15 (c) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act is entitled to trial by jury.
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The 1974 amendments to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 19671 added a new § 15,2 which brought the Federal Government within the scope of the Act for the first time. Section 15 (a)3 prohibits the Federal Government from discrimination based on age in most of its civilian employment decisions concerning persons over 40 years of age. Section 15 (b)4 provides that enforcement of § 15 (a) *158in most…
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