42 U.S.C. § 6102
Section 6102 · Prohibition of discrimination
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 43 court decisions — leading case Guardians Association v. Civil Service Commission of City of New York (1983)
Most recently applied in Donna Buettner-Hartsoe v. Baltimore Lutheran High School Association (March 2024)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Pursuant to regulations prescribed under section 6103 of this title, and except as provided by section 6103(b) and section 6103(c) of this title, no person in the United States shall, on the basis of age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.