Legal Opinion
Davis v. Boy Scouts of America
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 16, 1978No. Civ. 77-2226PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CLARKSON S. FISHER, District Judge.
This case presents an issue which federal courts, and to some degree state courts, have been seeing with ever increasing frequency; that is, the right of an employer to mandatorily or involuntarily retire an employee upon his or her reaching a certain age. The recent enactments of legislation in this area, both federal and state, has resulted in a substantial change from the decisional law interpreting the legislation. 1 Thus this case is, in large measure, one of first impression.
This matter comes before the Court on various motions of the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lorillard v. PonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Central Trades CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Emra Joseph Bonham v. Dresser Industries, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Sikora v. American Can Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Marshall v. American Motors Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1979
- George S. SMART, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PORTER PAINT CO., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Hans JENSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF OIL REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY and Gulf Oil Corporation, Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Marshall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1978
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