Legal Opinion
Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 10, 1991No. 89-1895PublishedCited by 936 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
The question presented is whether claimants under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (Age Act or Act), 81 Stat. 602, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 621 et seq., are collaterally estopped to relitigate in federal court the judicially unreviewed findings of a state administrative agency made with respect to an age-discrimination claim. We hold that such findings have no preclusive effect on federal proceedings.
Respondent Angelo Solimino had worked for petitioner Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association for almost 40 years when at age 63 he was dismissed from his position as a vice…
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