Legal Opinion
Thomas ROCHE, William Foley and Joseph Brichetto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1994No. 93-2737PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Appellees were Deputy Fire Commissioners for the City of Chicago. They were mandatorily retired by the City under an amended retirement ordinance passed in March 1988 that set the maximum age for uniformed service in the fire department at sixty-three years. After an administrative charge was adequately pursued with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), appellees brought suit against the City under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. (ADEA), which generally protects employees over the age of forty from age-based employment…
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- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. WyomingSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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