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It shapes the legal standard for challenging neutral workplace policies."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 39-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2001/01-584.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 39-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2001/01-584.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-39"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2001/01-584.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 49, lines 31-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2001/01-584.pdf","page_label":"file page 49, lines 31-33"}]}],"slug":"2001-01-584-adams-v-florida-power-corp","term":"2001","title":"Does the Age Discrimination Act allow disparate impact claims?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 39-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2001/01-584.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 39-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2001/01-584.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-39"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}