Age discrimination law
Under federal law, age discrimination is prohibited
by the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). Also, with respect to
state actors, age discrimination is prohibited under the United States
Constitution by the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
Garland's Digest has three sources
of information on age discrimination law: (1) our treatise; (2)
court decisions dating back to September 1996; and (3) summaries
of court decisions from September 1996 to May 2009.
To learn more about age
discrimination law, the best place to start is our
Treatise Index under the letter "A."
Alternatively, you can search the
Treatise, the cases or the case summaries by going to our
Search Page.
If you are a
non-lawyer and need a basic introduction to legal research, visit our other
site, Introlaw.com, and
read the introductsory articles on that site first.
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Digest, visit our About Us page.
If you are not an attorney and you
believe that either (a) you may have a potential discrimination
claim or (b) you are an employer and may have a potential claim
against your company, please consult an attorney in your area.
This web site is designed for lawyers performing legal research
and is no substitute for competent counsel.