University of Hawaii Professional Assembly v. Cayetano

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge by employees of the State of Hawaii to Act 355, the State’s “pay lag” law. Act 355 would allow the State to postpone by a few days, at six different times, the dates on which state employees are to be paid. It also declares those postponements to be “not subject to negotiation.” The district court granted a preliminary injunction against the operation of this statute on the ground that it impaired the obligations of the employees’ collective bargaining agreement in violation of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution. We…