Legal Opinion
City of Oakland v. Public Employees' Retirement System
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 9, 2002No. C035486PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRISON, J.
This case involves the retroactive reclassification of local government employees from “miscellaneous” to “firefighter,” a safety membership which earns better pension benefits. (See Gov. Code, §§ 20370, subd. (c), 20420, 20433; further undesignated section references are to this code.)
We agree with the trial court that the employees in this case were “firefighters” as defined by statute. We also agree with the trial court’s view it was bound by one of our prior decisions to conclude the employees were entitled to no relief because of a statute of limitations purportedly…
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