McCARTHY v. SHERIFF OF SUFFOLK COUNTY


366 Mass. 779 (1975)

322 N.E.2d 758

JOHN E. McCARTHY & others vs. SHERIFF OF SUFFOLK COUNTY & others (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson D. Rogers, Jr. (Charles J. Dunn with him) for the plaintiffs.

Mack K. Greenberg, Assistant Corporation Counsel (Herbert P. Gleason, Corporation Counsel, with him) for the Sheriff of Suffolk County & others.

Michael Eby, Deputy Assistant Attorney General (Terence P. O'Malley, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Attorney General.

Present: TAURO, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


TAURO, C.J.

The plaintiffs, court officers appointed pursuant to G.L.c. 221, §§ 69, 70, and 72, to attend sessions of the Superior and Supreme Judicial courts, filed a bill of complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that St. 1972, c. 740, § 10, amending c. 221, § 72, which reduces the mandatory retirement age for court officers from seventy to sixty-five, is unconstitutional if applied to them. Similar bills were filed on behalf...

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