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Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents  

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  • Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents (2000) is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with congressional ability to abrogate the sovereign immunity of states from lawsuits charging violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), a federal statute that protects workers over the age of 40 from discrimination. The Eleventh Amendment gives states sovereign immunity from suits, but this immunity is not absolute. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education; Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents]

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  • 2000

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