Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
United States Supreme Court
528 U.S. 62 (2000)
Relevant factsFree
State employees, including Kimel (plaintiff), sued Alabama and Florida agencies (defendants) under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which broadly bars age-based employment discrimination; the states argued Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity barred these suits, and the Eleventh Circuit, consolidating conflicting district-court rulings, held the ADEA did not validly abrogate that immunity.
IssueFree
Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits all discrimination against an employee on the basis of the employee's age.