Personnel Administrator v. Feeney: A Policy Decision

Authors

Richard A. Warren

Abstract

In this casenote the author critically examines the recent decision of Personnel Administrator v. Feeney, in which the Supreme Court of the United States advanced a two-part test to probe for a discriminatory intent behind a facially gender-neutral state law. The author sets this decision in the context of other equal protection cases and concludes that this case reflects a policy decision by the Court not to sustain equal protection challenges to facially gender-neutral laws unless the legislature has unequivocally expressed an invidious intent to discriminate.

Recommended Citation

Richard A. Warren, Personnel Administrator v. Feeney: A Policy Decision, 34 U. Mia. L. Rev. 343 (1980)
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