Legal Opinion
State Police for Automatic Retirement Ass'n v. Difava
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 2003No. 01-1581, 01-2429PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns a collateral attack on an injunction, preliminarily issued by the district court in 1992 and, with modifications, made permanent in 1998. The effect of the injunction is to prevent the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“Commonwealth”) from enforcing a state law that requires members of its reconstituted state police force to retire upon reaching the age of 55. Appellant, State Police for Automatic Retirement Association (“SPARA”), contends that the challenged permanent injunction has injured its members by diminishing their promotional…
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