Legal Opinion
Rossiter v. Potter
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 27, 2004No. 03-1860PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a unique provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634. A federal employee or a disappointed applicant for federal employment — we use the term “federal employee” throughout this opinion as a shorthand to cover both classes of persons — -who wishes to pursue an ADEA claim has a right, not available to other ADEA claimants, to bypass the administrative process and go directly to a federal district court. See id. § 633a(c)-(d). The sole issue to be decided in this appeal concerns the limitations period that applies…
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