Gomez-Perez v. Potter
United States Supreme Court
553 U.S. 474 (2008)
- Written by Kelsey Libby, JD
Facts
Myrna Gomez-Perez (plaintiff) worked for the United States Postal Service (postal service) (defendant) at different locations in Puerto Rico. In late 2002, Gomez-Perez, then 45, requested a transfer and was denied. Gomez-Perez filed a postal-service equal-employment-opportunity age-discrimination complaint, after which she claimed she was subjected to retaliation in the workplace. Gomez-Perez filed suit asserting that the postal service had violated the federal-sector provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) by retaliating against her for filing the earlier age-discrimination complaint. The district court granted summary judgment for the postal service on sovereign-immunity grounds, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that sovereign immunity did not protect the postal service but affirmed the district court’s judgment on the ground that the ADEA did not protect against retaliation. Gomez-Perez appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Alito, J.)
Dissent (Thomas, J.)
Dissent (Roberts, J.)
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