Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Community College Council v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 19, 1995PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The cases before us, consolidated for trial in the Superior Court, concern the Commonwealth’s 1991 mandatory furlough program for certain State employees, adopted, pursuant to St. 1991, c. 6, § 90, in the face of a perceived fiscal crisis.
The unions commenced actions challenging the constitutionality of the furlough program, largely on the basis that the program abrogated the compensation provisions of various collective bargaining agreements, thereby violating the Contract Clause (art. I, § 10, cl. 1) of the Constitution of the United States (“No State shall . . . pass any . . . Law…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United States Trust Co. of NY v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Opinion of the JusticesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- MacLean v. State Board of RetirementMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Malahoff v. SaitoHawaii Supreme Court · 2006
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