What is the test for statutory classification of a disability?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Young v. Haines, 226 Cal.Rptr. 547, 41 Cal.3d 883, 718 P.2d 909 (Cal. 1986):
A statutory classification "must involve something more than mere characteristics which will serve to divide or identify the class. There must be inherent differences in situations related to the subject-matter of the legislation...." (Heckler v. Conter (1933) 206 Ind. 376, 187 N.E. 878, 879.)
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