Crain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 2 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · Greenberg v. Kimmelman · Porter v. Texas · Cunningham v. Department of Civil Service
Most-quoted passages
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“medical board ... certify that such member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of his usual duty and of any other available duty in the Division of State Police which the Superintendent of State Police is willing to assign him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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