Myrna Gomez-Perez v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General

Decided May 27, 2008. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 06-1321 · 553 U.S. 474 (2008) · Cited 274 times

Holding

Section 633a(a) prohibits retaliation against a federal employee who complains of age discrimination.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education · 544 U.S. 167 (2005)
• Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc. · 396 U.S. 229 (1969)
• Lehman v. Nakshian · 453 U.S. 156 (1981)
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · 548 U.S. 53 (2006)
• Bush v. Lucas · 462 U.S. 367 (1983)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• United States v. Nordic Village, Inc. · 503 U.S. 30 (1992)
• Lindh v. Murphy · 521 U.S. 320 (1997)
• United States v. Fausto · 484 U.S. 439 (1988)
• United States v. Mitchell · 463 U.S. 206 (1983)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Lane v. Pena · 518 U.S. 187 (1996)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)
• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe · 537 U.S. 465 (2003)
• Galloway v. United States · 319 U.S. 372 (1943)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Babb v. Wilkie · 589 U.S. 399 (2020)
• Green v. Brennan · 578 U.S. 547 (2016)
• Gallardo v. Marstiller · 596 U.S. 420 (2022)

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