Legal Opinion

Riva v. Commonwealth of MA

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 4, 1995No. 95-1066PublishedCited by 93 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case, in which three plaintiffs seek a declaration that the Massachusetts accidental disability retirement scheme violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (1988), as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), Pub.L. No. 101-433,104 Stat. 978, presents two questions for review on appeal: a question of first impression as to the operation of the OWBPA’s nonretroactivity provision; and a situation-specific question concerning justiciability. The district court resolved both of these questions in the defendants’…

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