Home > Great American Court Cases > Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia

Legal Citation: 427 U.S. 307 (1976)

Appellant
Massachusetts Board of Retirement, et al.

Appellee
Robert D. Murgia

Appellant's Claim
The state of Massachusetts Board of Retirement believed their provision for mandatory retirement of police officers at age 50 was rationally related to the interest of protecting the public and therefore did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Terence P. O'Malley

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Robert D. City

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White (unsigned)

Justices Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall (John Paul Stevens did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

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