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Supreme Court Rules that Age Discrimination Law Applies to All State and Local Agencies

In a unanimous decision handed down yesterday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act applies to fire departments with fewer than 20 employees. The case was brought by two fire captains, John Guido, 46, and Dennis Rankin, 54 who worked for the Mount Lemmon Fire District in Arizona

US Supreme Court Considering Fire Service Case

In my world it is a special day when a fire service case reaches the US Supreme Court. Yesterday, oral arguments were heard in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido, an age discrimination case out of Arizona. John Guido and Dennis Rankin were full-time captains, and the two oldest full-time employees at the Fire District when they were terminated in 2009

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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