Calabro v. City of Omaha

Certain current and retired firefighters (the plaintiffs) filed this class action seeking a declaration of their rights under a supplemental cost-of-living benefit provided by the City of Omaha, which the city eliminated in 1989. The plaintiffs’ claims raise two threshold issues: (1) Did the supplemental cost of living benefit constitute a pension? and, if so, (2) When did the plaintiffs’ constitutionally protected contract right in the pension vest? The district court for Douglas County granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, holding that the city violated the federal…