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Public Emp. Retirement Sys. Vs. Betts

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 23, 1989

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  1. Lorillard Vs. Pons US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1978
  2. Alabama Power Co. Vs. Davis US Supreme Court · Jun 06, 1977
  3. United Air Lines, Inc. Vs. Mcmann US Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1977
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  4. Blum Vs. Stenson US Supreme Court · Mar 21, 1984
  5. U.S. 158 (1989) U.S. Supreme Court Public Emp. Retirement Sys. v. Betts
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  6. U.S. 158 (1989) Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts
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  7. or establish a substantial business purpose. The court rejected PERS' reliance on United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
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  8. on its face, in that it denied disability retirement benefits to certain employees on account of their age. Betts v. Hamilton
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  9. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals affirmed. Betts v. Hamilton
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  10. Id. at 694. The Page 492 U. S. 165 majority rejected PERS' reliance on United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
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  11. Noting that PERS' plan was adopted long before enactment of the ADEA, he argued that under United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
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  12. f)(2) in United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
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  13. thereof) to an earlier statute is of little assistance in discerning the meaning of that statute. See Weinberger v. Rossi
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  14. Consumer Product Safety Comm'n v. GTE
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  15. United States v. Southwestern
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  16. Rainwater v. United
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  17. that, as a result, an employee benefit plan adopted prior to enactment of the ADEA cannot be a subterfuge. See EEOC v. Cargill
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  18. EEOC v. County
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  19. age-based disparity caused by the pre-Act age limitation, McMann does not insulate it from challenge. See EEOC v. Cargill
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  20. EEOC v. Home
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  21. Cipriano v. Board
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  22. ADEA by the agencies responsible for the Act's enforcement, and is therefore entitled to special deference. See EEOC v. Associated
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  23. See also Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural
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  24. language of the subterfuge requirement, however, this reliance on legislative history is misplaced. See Davis v. Michigan
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  25. f)(2) to those plans which have a cost justification for all age-based differentials in benefits. See EEOC v. Westinghouse
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  26. EEOC v. Borden's
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  27. U. S. 175 circumstances, this aspect of the EEOC's argument is entitled to little, if any, deference. Cf. Bowen v. Georgetown
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  28. Lorance v. AT&T
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  29. Technologies, Inc., 490 U. S. 900 , 490 U. S. 908 (1989) (quoting Franks Page 492 U. S. 182 v. Bowman
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  30. an opportunity to demonstrate the existence of a genuine issue of material fact on this issue. See Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
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  31. provision by looking to its text, and, if the statutory language is unclear, to its legislative history. Blum v. Stenson
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  32. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural
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  33. Bethesda Hospital Assn. v. Bowen
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  34. Corp. v. Cartier
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  35. and did not intend categorically to immunize benefit plans from liability for unjustified discrimination. See FEA v. Algonquin
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  36. to enforcement agencies' reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutory provisions. See Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Criswell
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  37. Co. v. Gilbert
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  38. I agree with the majority that neither our decision in United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
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  39. the burden on the employer to show that the discrimination was not born of improper intent. See Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Antonio
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  40. See Betts v. Hamilton
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  41. Karlen v. City
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  42. Cipriano v. Board
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  43. EEOC v. Westinghouse
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  44. requirement was, if anything, confirmed in 1978, when Congress added a clause in response to United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Public Emp. Retirement Sys. v. Betts
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  46. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts
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  47. Betts v. Hamilton
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  48. See Weinberger v. Rossi
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  49. See EEOC v. Cargill
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  50. See EEOC v. Associated
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