VANCE, SECRETARY OF STATE, ET AL.
v.
BRADLEY ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 27, 1978.
Decided February 22, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Solicitor General McCree argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Babcock, Leonard Schaitman, Neil H. Koslowe, Herbert J. Hansell, and Michael A. Glass.
Zona F. Hostetler argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief was Bruce J. Terris.*
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Alfred Miller for the American Association of Retired Persons; by William J. Mahannah and L. M. Pellerzi for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO); by Claude Pepper, pro se, and Edward F. Howard for Claude Pepper et al.; and by Howard Eglit, Mark Shenfield, and David Marlin for the National Council of Senior Citizens.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.
The issue presented is whether Congress violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause1 by requiring retirement at age 60 of federal employees covered by the Foreign Service retirement and disability system but not those covered by the Civil Service retirement and disability system. A three-judge District...
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