age
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 540 U.S. 581 - General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline · 2004Most cited · 724 citing opinions
the length of a person's life, with the phrase "because of such individual's age" stating a simple test of causation: "discriminat[ion] .
How often courts cite the case defining “age”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “age” — 724 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 2004–2004
old age" when teamed with "discrimination," the provision of an affirmative defense when age is a bona fide occupational qualification readily shows that "age" as a qualification means comparative youth.