DRANS v. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

No. 76-172-Appeal.

383 A.2d 1033 (1978)

Jean-Yves DRANS v. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abedon, Stanzler, Biener, Skolnik & Lipsey, Milton Stanzler, Providence, for plaintiff.

William F. McMahon, Providence, for defendant.

Richard A. Skolnik, Abedon, Stanzler, Biener, Skolnik & Lipsey, Providence, Matthew W. Finkin, Dallas, Tex., David M. Rabban, Washington, D. C., American Association of University Professors, William B. Harvey, Boston, Mass., The Trustees of Boston University, for amicus curiae.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action in which the plaintiff, a former professor at Providence College, asked the Superior Court to rule that he was not subject to the mandatory retirement age of 65 established by the college in 1969 because he had secured academic tenure prior to that time. After a hearing, the trial justice ruled that the plaintiff was subject to the college's mandatory...

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