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GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS, INC. v. CLINE

No. 02-1080.

540 U.S. 581 (2004)

124 S.Ct. 1236

157 L.Ed.2d 1094

GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS, INC. v. CLINE et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Deanne E. Maynard, William J. Kilberg, and Craig C. Martin.

Mark W. Biggerman argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Erin Stottlemyer Gold, E. Bruce Hadden, and Joanne C. Brant.

Acting Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the United States et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance. With him on the brief were Irving L. Gornstein, Carolyn L. Wheeler, Lorraine C. Davis, Robert J. Gregory, and Susan R. Oxford.*

JUSTICE Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA or Act), 81 Stat. 602, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., forbids discriminatory preference for the young over the old. The question in this case is whether it also prohibits favoring the old over the young. We hold it does not.

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In 1997, a collective-bargaining agreement between petitioner General Dynamics and the United Auto Workers eliminated...

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