The Supreme Court heard argument yesterday on the issue of whether the burden of proof in an age discrimination case rests with the workers who were let go.
In dispute is whether workers over age 40 who challenged their dismissal must make their case, or should the company which dismissed them during an involuntary reduction in force have the burden of proving it acted without bias.
Titled Meacham vs. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, No. 06-1505, the case is the last the court will hear this year. It will spend the rest of its term, which likely will end in late June, preparing opinions and deciding which cases it will hear next year.
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