Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins

Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins 507 U.S. 604 (1993)[1] was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a disparate treatment claim cannot succeed unless the employee's protected trait had a determinative influence on the employer's decisionmaking.[2]

Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins[1]
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 13, 1993, 1993 Decided April 20, 1993, 1993
Full case name	Hazen Paper Company, et al., Petitioners v. Walter F. Biggins
Citations	507 U.S. 604 (more)
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinion
Majority	Souter

Background

Hazen Paper fired Biggins, 62, a few weeks before his service would have reached the required number of years for his pension to vest. Biggins sued Hazen Paper alleging a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.[3]

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases
• Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume

References

1. O'Connor (July 25, 2016). "Hazen Paper v. Biggins, 507 U.S. 604 (1993)". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
2. "Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins – Case Brief Summary (Supreme Court)". Lawpipe. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
3. "Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins, 507 U.S. 604 (1993)". Justia Law. August 19, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

External links

• Text of Withrow v. Williams, 507 U.S. 604 (1993) is available from:  Findlaw  Justia  Library of Congress  Oyez (oral argument audio)