WRIGHT v. STATE OF TENN.

No. 77-1546.

613 F.2d 647 (1980)

John T. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF TENNESSEE, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, Harlan Mathews and Gary Fisher, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Houston Gordon, Tual, Gordon, Tual, Forrester & Kuhn, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wm. M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Robert B. Littleton, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants-appellees.

Before CELEBREZZE, MERRITT and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Wright appeals the District Court's dismissal of his suit alleging age discrimination in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (1976) (ADEA).

On June 30, 1974, appellant Wright was "mandatorily" retired at age 59 from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, State of Tennessee, pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 8-3905(b)....

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