Legal Opinion
Maud Lee THORNBROUGH, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1985No. 84-4410PublishedCited by 310 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was made.
—Robert Browning, Rabbi Ben Ezra st. 1 (1864)
For many elder Americans, Browning’s verse is a cruel jest rather than a reassuring vision. Not only must they face the inexorable advance of nature — they must face the biases of their fellow man. In 1967, recognizing that one of the tests of a civilized society is its treatment of the elderly, Congress enacted the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), Pub.L. No. 90-202, 81 Stat. 602 (codified as amended at 29 U.S.C. §§…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States Postal Service Board of Governors v. AikensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by310 opinions
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- Susan Waltman v. International Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Joseph E. Dister v. The Continental Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
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