Mount Lemmon Fire Dist. v. Guido
Decided November 6, 2018. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 17-587 · 586 U.S. 1 (2018) · Cited 51 times
Holding
State and local governments are covered employers under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 regardless of the number of employees they have.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · delivered the opinion of the Court
Did not participate · 1
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
- Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. · 557 U.S. 167 (2009)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Stanley v. City of Sanford · 606 U.S. 46 (2025)
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