Age discrimination lawsuits ruling [US SC] News
Age discrimination lawsuits ruling [US SC]

Smith v. City of Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, March 30, 2005 [ruling that workers over the age of 40 need not show proof of discriminatory intent in lawsuits brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act]. Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Archibald Cox fired as Watergate prosecutor in the "Saturday Night Massacre"

On October 20, 1973, Solicitor General Robert Bork fired Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox at the direction of President Richard Nixon after Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Assistant Attorney General Ruckelshaus had refused and resigned.