Courtney v. La Salle University

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge:

In June 1990, La Salle University retired Professor Robert J. Courtney, over his objection, because he had reached the age of seventy. A year later, Professor Charles A. Halpin was retired for the same reason. Both professors had long been aware that La Salle’s policy mandated their retirement at age seventy, but neither filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) until November 1991. The question on this appeal is whether their charges under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634,…