McCarthy v. Sheriff of Suffolk County

The plaintiffs, court officers appointed pursuant to G. L. c. 221, §§ 69,70, and 72, to attend sessions of the Superior and Supreme Judicial courts, filed a bill of complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that St. 1972, c. 740, § 10, amending c. 221, § 72, which reduces the mandatory retirement age for court officers from seventy to sixty-five, is unconstitutional if applied to them. Similar bills were filed on behalf of named plaintiffs in Norfolk and Middlesex counties2 and were consolidated for trial in Suffolk county, where, after consideration, the trial judge reported…