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E.E.O.C. v. COM. OF PA.

Nos. 84-5742, 84-5743, 84-5808 and 84-5879.

768 F.2d 514 (1985)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION; and Lieutenant Otto J. Binker v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; Pennsylvania State Police; and Daniel F. Dunn, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. Appeal of Otto J. BINKER, Appellant in 84-5742. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION; and Lieutenant Otto J. Binker v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; Pennsylvania State Police; and Daniel F. Dunn, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. Appeal of EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant in 84-5743. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION; and Lieutenant Otto J. Binker v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; Pennsylvania State Police; and Daniel F. Dunn, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; Pennsylvania State Police; and Daniel F. Dunn, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, Appellants in 84-5808. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION and Lieutenant Otto J. Binker v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Pennsylvania State Police, James M. Petti, James F. Kessler, James J. Carey, Ronald C. Rupert, George R. Painter, John J. Mitchell, Carl J. Abernathy, Gerard M. Gallagher, Thomas R. Scales, IV, Joseph L. Datesman, John T. Scoble, Robert Gregorich, Ronald Colyer, William S. Keighley, Thomas Bickta, Richard G. Barclay, John Kochis, William R. Benton, Arthur L. Hershey, John Gerrity, Edward Kroll, Andy Mollura, Howard Decker, Evan Jones, Ronald Craig, Thomas Lynn, John J. Carroll, Jr., Robert P. Hague, James H. Jefferies, Robert Brobson and Ronald Raber, Applicants for intervention, Appellants in 84-5879.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Heaton (argued), Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kaufmann, Harrisburg, Pa., for Otto J. Binker.

Joseph S. Rengert (argued), Asst. Counsel, Harrisburg, Pa., for Com. of Pa., Pa. State Police, Daniel F. Dunn.

Johnny J. Butler (argued), Gen. Counsel (Acting), Susan Buckingham Reilly, Peggy R. Mastroianni, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for E.E.O.C.

Frank J. Niemiec (argued), Davis, Murphy & Niemiec, Towanda, Pa., Brett O. Feese, McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport, Pa., for Petti, et al.

Before ADAMS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.

Pennsylvania law requires all state police officers to retire at age sixty. See 71 Pa.Stat.Ann. § 65(d) (Purdon Supp.1984). In March 1983, Lieutenant Otto Binker, whose mandatory retirement from the Pennsylvania State Police ("PSP") under this provision was imminent, brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, seeking to enjoin enforcement of...

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