U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Government Workers' Age Bias Appeal

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on March 18 agreed to hear the appeal of a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that state and local government employees may bring age discrimination claims directly under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and 42 U.S. Code Section 1983 (Lisa Madigan, et al. v. Harvey Levin, No. 12-872, U.S. Sup.; See September 2012, Page 63)....(read more)