Legal Opinion

Maryland State Teachers Ass'n v. Hughes

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided September 25, 1984No. Civ. A. M-84-1435PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES R. MILLER, Jr., District Judge.

On September 17, 1984, this court granted summary judgment to the defendants as to the claims made in this suit on behalf of the plaintiff class that the 1984 “Pension Reform Law” violates the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff class consists of those public school teachers and state employees who were, on December 31, 1979 and remain, members' of the Employees’ Retirement System or the Teachers’ Retirement System. This opinion is intended to set out briefly the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Home Building & Loan Assn. v. BlaisdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States Trust Co. of NY v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Ogden v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  5. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System v. Mayor of Baltimore CityCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
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  3. Simpson v. North Carolina Local Government Employees' Retirement SystemCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
  4. Taylor v. State & Education Employees Group Insurance ProgramSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  5. Beth Lewis Maze & Unknown Similarly Situated Purchasers Contracts v. Bd. of Dirs. for the Commonwealth Postsecondary Educ. Prepaid Tuition Trust FundMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018

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