Legal Opinion
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1989No. 87-4659PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) challenges the mandatory retirement at age 60 of Mississippi State Tax Commission scales enforcement officers. The district court found age to be a bona fide occupational qualification, justifying the mandatory retirement state law1 within the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.2 The work of these officers who enforce Mississippi revenue laws pertaining to commercial vehicles and highways is explained in the court’s opinion at 693 F.Supp. 516. A panel of this court reversed the judgment and. remanded for back pay…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Western Air Lines, Inc. v. CriswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Usery v. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- 35 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1458, 36 Fair empl.prac.cas. 112, 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,614 Wesley N. Heiar, Kenneth I. Strauman, and Myrl E. Brown, Cross-Appellants v. Crawford County, Wisconsin, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The City of East ProvidenceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. New JerseyDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1986
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3Cited by3 opinions
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Uaw v. Johnson Controls, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989