ROCHE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 93-2737.

24 F.3d 882 (1994)

Thomas ROCHE, William Foley and Joseph Brichetto, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Stowell, Linda Friedman (argued), Leng, Stowell, Friedman & Vernon, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy County Counsel, Benna R. Solomon, Julian Henriques (argued), Susan S. Sher, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Gwendolyn Young Reams, E.E.O.C., Washington, DC, James R. Neely, Jr., E.E.O.C., St. Louis, MO, Carolyn L. Wheeler, Dori K. Bernstein (argued), E.E.O.C., Office of Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

Before BAUER, FLAUM and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Appellees were Deputy Fire Commissioners for the City of Chicago. They were mandatorily retired by the City under an amended retirement ordinance passed in March 1988 that set the maximum age for uniformed service in the fire department at sixty-three years. After an administrative charge was adequately pursued with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), appellees brought suit against the City under the Age Discrimination in Employment...

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