Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney
1979 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney, 442 U.S. 256 (1979), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. The decision upheld the constitutionality of a state law, giving hiring preference to veterans over nonveterans.[1]
Quick Facts Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney, Argued February 26, 1979 Decided June 5, 1979 ...
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney | |
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Argued February 26, 1979 Decided June 5, 1979 | |
Full case name | Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney |
Citations | 442 U.S. 256 (more) |
Case history | |
Prior | 451 F.Supp. 143 (reversed and remanded) |
Holding | |
A state law giving hiring preference to veterans over nonveterans does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, even though many more men than women are able to take advantage of it. District of Massachusetts reversed and remanded. | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stewart, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens |
Concurrence | Stevens, joined by White |
Dissent | Marshall, joined by Brennan |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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The law was challenged as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by a woman, who argued that the law discriminated on the basis of sex because so few women were veterans.[1]