Homework
Length: 6 to 8 pages.
For this homework, you are to select one of the four cases listed below dealing with employment discrimination based on age and religion. Prepare a paper in which you discuss the facts of the case, the relevant provisions of the statute, and how the court interpreted and applied the provisions of the statute to the issues presented in the selected case.
Age Discrimination (Age Discrimination in Employment Act) Cases
o Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., 530 US 133 (2000).
o Gross v. FBL Finance Services, Inc., 557 U.S. 167 (S. Ct. 2009).
Religious Discrimination (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) Cases
o Peterson v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 358 F3d 599 (9th Cir. 2004).
o EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, 575 US _____ (2015).
Your paper should begin with a discussion of the essential facts of the case, including a brief summary of the lower court decision(s) which gave rise to the appeal. Your discussion of the facts should be followed by a detailed analysis of the case. Your analysis should indicate what legal issues are presented in the case - in other words, what issues is the Court attempting to address and resolve? Some cases might have only a single issue, while others may have more than one. After you have described the facts and identified the legal issues presented, you should identify the relevant provisions of the law that the Court is interpreting in the case. In other words, what is the rule of law that governs the Court's analysis of the case? Finally, you should summarize the Court's decision, or holding, in the case, and discuss how the Court reached its decision. You should also consider and discuss the practical implications of the Court's decision for both the employer and the employee.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.