Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 23, 2008 Decided June 19, 2008
Full case name	Clifford B. Meacham, et al., Petitioners v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, aka KAPL, Inc., et al.
Docket no.	06-1505
Citations	554 U.S. 84 (more)
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinion
Majority	Justice David H. Souter
Laws applied
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, 554 U.S. 84 (2008), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 2008. The Court decided that an employer bears both the burden of production and burden of persuasion when defending a disparate impact claim using the "reasonable factors" defense under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA).^[1][2]