Housing Authority Of The City Of Fort Collins v. United States (1992)

Collins v. United States, 980 F.2d 624, 628 (10th Cir.1992); Mester Mfg.

Collins v. United States, 980 F.2d 624, 628 (10th Cir.1992). 3 Petitioner, a Mexican-American, born in the United States, worked for Interstate Highway Construction (IHC) for approximately six weeks in 1990.

See, e.g., Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448, 478-80 , 100 S.Ct. 2758 , 65 L.Ed.2d 902 (1980); Massachusetts v. United States, 435 U.S. 444, 461-62 , 98 S.Ct. 1153 , 55 L.Ed.2d 403 (1978); Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563, 568-69 , 94 S.Ct. 786 , 39 L.Ed.2d 1 (1974); Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Comm., 330 U.S. 127, 142-44 , 67 S.Ct. 544 , 91 L.Ed. 794 (1947); Texas v. United States, 106 F.3d 661, 666 (5th Cir.1997); California v. United States, 104 F.3d 1086, 1092…

(Cit.) The asserted right ... appears to us to be one “that lies in the periphery where vested rights do not attach.” (Cit.) Housing Authority of City of Fort Collins v. United States, 980 F.2d 624, 630 (10th Cir. 1992) (citations omitted).

See also, Housing Authority of City of Fort Collins v. U.S., 980 F.2d 624 , 631 (10th Cir. 1992) (under the supremacy clause, state laws that interfere with or are contrary to laws of Congress made in pursuance of the Constitution are preempted). ¶ 16 The ADEA was passed by Congress pursuant to the authority vested in it by Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.