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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST. v. HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 54676.

88 Ill.2d 22 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 1207

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT NO. 508, Appellant, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman, of Chicago (George L. Siegel, of counsel), for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jerome J. Webb, J. Stuart Garbutt, and Judith Frank Flaherty, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees Human Rights Commission and Department of Human Rights.

Gilbert Feldman, of Cornfield & Feldman, of Chicago, for appellees William J. Prince, Harold C. Messinides, and Luada Porter Estell.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits compulsory retirement before the age of 70. (29 U.S.C. §§ 623, 631(a) (1979 Supp.).) There is, however, a temporary exception for tenured teachers in higher education; until July 1, 1982, they can be forced to retire at age 65. (29 U.S.C. § 631(d) (1979 Supp.).) The complainants in this case are three tenured...

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