Legal Opinion
Clark v. Riley
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2010No. 08-11978PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In this case, Dr. Joe L. Reed, a member of the Board of Trustees for Alabama State University, seeks a declaratory judgment that an age limit in Ala.Code § 16-50 — 20(a) prohibiting a board member from serving beyond September 30 following his seventieth birthday does not apply to him for two reasons: first, § 16 — 50—20(b) creates an exception shielding him from the age limit; second, and alternatively, the age limit is facially unconstitutional because it denies persons over seventy years of age the equal protection of the laws guaranteed them by the Fourteenth…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Lonnie J. Hill v. Thomas E. White, Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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