CHARLES PETERS et al., Appellees,
v.
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD et al., Appellants.
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Opinion filed March 20, 1974.
Rehearing denied May 31, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
D. Bradley Blodgett, Corporation Counsel, of Springfield, for appellants.
Knuppel, Grosboll, Becker & Tice, of Petersburg, for appellees.
Frank M. Pfeifer and Thomas W. Kelty, both of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.
Richard Curry, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (William R. Quinlan, Richard F. Friedman and Lee J. Schwartz, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Leslie Recht (Senior Law Student), of counsel), for amicus curiae City of Chicago.
Albert Gore, of Chicago (Scott M. Fisher and Jacobs, Gore, Burns & Sugarman, of counsel), for amicus curiae Fire Fighters Local No. 2.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Reversed and remanded.
MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendants, the City of Springfield, its Civil Service Commission, and its Commissioner of Public Health and Safety, appealed from the decree of the circuit court of Sangamon County which held unconstitutional and enjoined the enforcement of an ordinance adopted by the defendant City reducing the mandatory retirement age of its policemen...
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