YOUNG v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

No. 12-1226.

135 S.Ct. 1338 (2015)

Peggy YOUNG, Petitioner v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel R. Bagenstos , Ann Arbor, MI, for Petitioner.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Caitlin J. Halligan , New York, NY, for Respondent.

Sharon Fast Gustafson , Attorney at Law, PLC, Arlington, VA, Samuel R. Bagenstos , Counsel of Record, Ann Arbor, MI, for Petitioner.

Caitlin J. Halligan , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, Rachel S. Brass , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA, Mark A. Perry , Counsel of Record, Marisa C. Maleck , Kellam M. Conover , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Emmett F. McGee, Jr. , Jill S. Distler , Jackson Lewis P.C., Baltimore, MD, for Respondent.

BREYER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C.J., and GINSBURG, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ., joined. ALITO, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. SCALIA, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which KENNEDY and THOMAS, JJ., joined. KENNEDY, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


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