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PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR OF MASS. v. FEENEY

No. 78-233.

442 U.S. 256 (1979)

PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL. v. FEENEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Kiley, Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, and Edward F. Vena, Assistant Attorney General.

Richard P. Ward argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Stephen B. Perlman, Eleanor D. Acheson, John H. Mason, and John Reinstein.*

Samuel J. Rabinove and Phyllis N. Segal filed a brief for the National Organization for Women et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Deanne Siemer for the United States Office of Personnel Management et al.; and by Paul D. Kamenar for the Washington Legal Foundation.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a challenge to the constitutionality of the Massachusetts veterans' preference statute, Mass. Gen. Laws Ann., ch. 31, § 23, on the ground that it discriminates against women in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Under ch. 31, § 23,1 all veterans who qualify for state civil service...

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