HODGSON v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.

No. 73-1214.

499 F.2d 859 (1974)

James D. HODGSON, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GREYHOUND LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1974.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Norton Preddy, Miami, Fla., Edward J. Wendrow, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Robert J. Corber, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

Carin Ann Clauss, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., Herman Grant, Dept. of Labor, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, PELL, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, District Judge.


SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Greyhound Lines, Inc., appeals from a finding that its maximum hiring age policy for applicants for the position of driver of intercity passenger buses violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. Pursuant to that policy Greyhound declines to consider applications for intercity bus drivers from those individuals thirty-five years of age or older.2

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