Legal Opinion
Malmed v. Thornburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 13, 1980No. 79-2467PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by four Pennsylvania officials requires us to decide if Article V, § 16(b) of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which requires retirement of state judges at age seventy, violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the fourteenth amendment. The district court held that it does and enjoined the appellants from enforcing the provision and its enabling statutes. Because we conclude that Article V, § 16(b) does not violate the fourteenth amendment, we reverse.
Five judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, each of…
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