Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

550 U.S. 618 · U.S. Supreme Court

Holding and boundaries

Applied a restrictive charge-filing rule to the pay-discrimination claim before the Court.

Scope and limitations: Congress superseded the decision's accrual rule through the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; use as historical limiting authority only.

Open authoritative source

1 issue placement

Pay Equity & Occupational Mobility

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Pay Equity & Occupational Mobility. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Congress superseded the decision's accrual rule through the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; use as historical limiting authority only.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.