Allan Roy KINGSTON et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Walter H. McLAUGHLIN et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 19, 1972.
December 19, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Morris M. Goldings, Thomas B. Brennan, Edward M. Ginsburg, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.
James P. Kiernan, Paul A. Good, Asst. Attys. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants.
Andrew F. Lane, Ely, Bartlett, Brown & Proctor, Boston, Mass., for amicus curiae, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under law, Boston Urban Areas Project.
Harold Brown, Boston, Mass., for amicus curiae, Ad Hoc Committee.
Edward T. Dangel, III, Boston, Mass., for amicus curiae, Mass. Trial Lawyers Assoc.
Jonathan A. Weiss, New York City, for amicus curiae, Legal Services for the Elderly Poor.
Herbert P. Gleason, Corp. Counsel, by Mack K. Greenberg, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Boston, Mass., for Edmund W. Holmes.
Philip J. MacCarthy, Worcester, Mass., for Edward P. Bird, Treasurer of Worcester County.
Before COFFIN, Chief Circuit Judge, and PETTINE and FREEDMAN, District Judges.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
PER CURIAM.
On November 7, 1972, the voters of Massachusetts approved an amendment to the Commonwealth's constitution which requires state judges attaining the age of seventy to retire. Eleven judges over seventy, who have been sitting prior to the adoption of the amendment, but who are now threatened with involuntary retirement, bring this action seeking to enjoin the enforcement of the constitutional amendment against...
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