Legal Opinion
Doyle v. Suffolk County
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 19, 1986No. Nos. 567, 653, Dockets 85-7782, 85-7820PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
These two related but unconsolidated appeals present equal protection challenges to enforcement of New York’s statutory prohibition against the hiring of police officers who are “more than twenty-nine years of age,” N.Y.Civ.Serv.Law § 58(l)(a) (McKinney 1983). The challenges arise in the wake of our prior decision in Hahn v. City of Buffalo, 770 F.2d 12 (2d Cir.1985), which affirmed a judgment invalidating section 58(l)(a) as applied to those between the ages of 40 and 70 because age 40 had not been shown to be a bona fide occupational qualification under the Age…
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