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SULLIVAN v. BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS

(11896)

196 Conn. 208 (1985)

FREDERICK T. SULLIVAN v. THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF WATERBURY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald McPartland, with whom, on the brief, was Gary B. O'Connor, for the appellants-appellees (defendants).

Dennis M. Buckley, for the appellee-appellant (plaintiff).

Philip A. Murphy, Jr., Raymond P. Pech, and Juan Figueroa, filed a brief as amici curiae (Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, DANNEHY, SANTANIELLO and BRENNAN, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

This case concerns the effect of federal and state statutes forbidding age discrimination on the mandatory retirement provisions of a local charter. The plaintiff, Frederick T. Sullivan, brought suit against the Waterbury board of police commissioners and the Waterbury retirement board, to enjoin the defendants from forcing him to retire at age sixty-five from his position as superintendent of the Waterbury police department. The trial court agreed with...

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