Legal Opinion
Murgia v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bd. of Retire.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 31, 1974No. Civ. A. 72-2083-TPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, FREEDMAN and TAURO, District Judges. ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Robert D. Murgia, brings this three-judge district court action to declare unconstitutional, and to obtain injunctive relief against the enforcement of, Mass.G.L. c. 32 § 26(3). Pursuant to that statute plaintiff, a Lt. Colonel in the Uniformed Branch of the Massachusetts State Police, was involuntarily retired because, having completed over 20 years of service, he had reached age 50. He alleges that mandatory retirement at that age is a violation of his civil rights of…
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