Fair Housing and Discriminatory Lending Practices
AGE DISCRIMINATION BURDENS OF PROOF
On March 30, 2005, in a decision that changed the landscape of age discrimination litigation in the employment context, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Smith v. City of Jackson that workers age 40 and older may prove discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) using a “disparate impact” theory. [...]