Legal Opinion
Heiar v. Crawford County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 1984No. Nos. 83-1872, 83-2149, 83-2166 and 83-3139PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Three deputy sheriffs (policemen) of Crawford County, Wisconsin brought suit against the County charging that its mandatory retirement age of 55 for policemen violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. 558 F.Supp. 1175 (W.D. Wis.1983). After a bench trial, the district judge gave judgment for the plaintiffs on their age discrimination claim (while dismissing their other claims and the other defendants), ordered the plaintiffs reinstated with back pay of $115,000 (after subtracting the other wages they had earned in…
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