Legal Opinion
Freund v. Florio
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 3, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-875PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
This action challenges the constitutionality of a statute which permits mandatory retirement of tenured faculty in state institutions at age 70. For the reasons hereinafter expressed, such legislation must be sustained if there is a rational basis for its enactment. However, many of the reasons proffered to justify such mandatory retirement would appear to support any act of age discrimination. Making way for the young, planning for the future, creating greater diversity, injecting new energy, reducing costs, eliminating the potentially ineffective, and avoiding…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- United Building & Constr. Trades Council of Camden Cty. v. Mayor and Council of CamdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by17 opinions
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