| Gregory v. Ashcroft | |
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| Argued March 18, 1991 Decided June 20, 1991 | |
| Full case name | Gregory et al., Judges v. Ashcroft, Governor of Missouri |
| Citations | 501 U.S. 452 (more) |
| Holding | |
| Missouri's requirement that its judges retire by age 70 violates neither the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 nor the Equal Protection Clause. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter; White, Stevens (in part) |
| Concur/dissent | White, joined by Stevens |
| Dissent | Blackmun, joined by Marshall |
| Laws applied | |
| Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the Equal Protection Clause | |
Gregory v. Ashcroft, 501 U.S. 452 (1991) was a U.S. Supreme Court case. It concerned a provision in the Missouri state constitution that required state judges to retire at the age of 70, and the court was asked to consider whether it conflicted with the 1967 federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The provision was upheld, with the case being one of several Supreme Court decisions supporting the principle that "ambiguous language will not be interpreted to intrude on areas of traditional state authority or important state governmental functions".[1]
- ^ John Fitzgerald Duffy and Michael E. Herz, A Guide to Judicial and Political Review of Federal Agencies (American Bar Association, 2005), p. 74, ISBN 1590314832.