BOARD OF REGENTS, ETC. v. OAKLEY

No. 13011.

637 P.2d 1199 (1981)

BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SYSTEM, James L. Buchanan, II, Robert A. Cashell, Lilly Fong, Chris Karamanos, Molly F. Knudtsen, Louis E. Lombardi, M.D., John R. McBride, John Tom Ross, June F. Whitley, Dr. Donald H. Baepler, Chancellor, University of Nevada System, V. James Eardley, President Truckee Meadows Community College; and Bert Munson, Dean, General and Developmental Education, Truckee Meadows Community College, Appellants, v. Chauncey W. OAKLEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry D. Lessly, Walther, Key, Maupin, Oats, Cox, Lee & Klaich, Donald Klasic, Gen. Counsel, Reno, for appellants.

Raggio, Wooster, Clontz & Lindell, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice.

This case concerns the validity of a University of Nevada policy of mandatory retirement of faculty members when they reach a certain age. The policy was enacted in 1979 as part of the University of Nevada System Code, § 3.6.5(e), which provides as follows:

(e) Retirement. Faculty members on a continuing contract (tenured) shall retire from the University of Nevada System at the end of the contract year in...

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