Legal Opinion
Abbott v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 19, 1960No. Docket Nos. 23791, 23792, 23793, 23794, 23795, 23796, 23797PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.
By five actions, which were consolidated for trial, a number of retired members of the police and fire departments of the city of Los Angeles (Abney, Behrns), and a number of widows of retired members {Abbott, Adams, Mason), sought to establish and enforce rights to a pension computed upon a fluctuating rather than a fixed basis.
In Abbott v. City of Los Angeles, 50 Cal.2d 438 [326 P.2d 484], a prior appeal, the Supreme Court held that amendments to the Los Angeles City Charter enacted in 1925 substituting a fixed pension for a fluctuating pension were invalid as to the previously employed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kern v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
- Abbott v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
- Allen v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Skaggs v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Matter of Doering v. HinrichsNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Fox v. Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension or Relief FundWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
- City of Oakland v. Oakland Police & Fire Retirement SystemCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014
- In Re Retirement CasesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2003
- Bilyeu v. State Employees' Retirement SystemCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
- Kreeft v. City of OaklandCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
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