Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1979-06-05

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*259 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,<footnotema…

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