Legal Opinion
Adams v. Leatherbury
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 12, 1980No. 79-227Published
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal involves a claim of age discrimination by a Mobile bar pilot, who was requested by the State Pilotage Commission to surrender his bar pilot's license on his sixty-eighth birthday, as required by Code 1975, § 33-4-53.
The bar pilot filed this action against the members of the State Pilotage Commission, and asked the Court to declare the state's compulsory retirement of bar pilots law unconstitutional, because it conflicted with the provisions of the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (FADEA).29 U.S.C.A. § 623 and § 631.
The sole issue presented is whether Alabama's…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia Ex Rel. Soc. for Relief of Distressed PilotsSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- De Canas v. BicaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
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