POPKINS v. ZAGEL

Civ. A. No. 83-3190.

611 F.Supp. 809 (1985)

Robert J. POPKINS, Plaintiff, v. James B. ZAGEL, Director of Department of Law Enforcement of the State of Illinois; Joseph E. Ginter, Deputy Director of Department of Law Enforcement of the State of Illinois; and the Department of Law Enforcement of the State of Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

June 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Yost, Morrison, Ill., for plaintiff.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen. of the State of Ill. by Thomas M. Schmidt, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert Ogren, Dept. of Law Enforcement, Springfield, Ill., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge, Sitting by Designation.

In this action under the United States Constitution and various federal statutes, the plaintiff charges that his statutory termination at age 60 from his position as an Illinois State Trooper constitutes illegal age discrimination and violates his right to equal protection. A bench trial before the Honorable J. Waldo Ackermann was held on September 26, 1984. Judge...

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