Legal Opinion
National Education Ass'n v. Retirement Board of the Rhode Island Employees' Retirement System
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 7, 1997No. Civ. A. No. 94-0389LPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Chief Judge.
In the present case, plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 36-9.1-1 to -2 (hereinafter the “Eviction Act”). Plaintiffs, employees and organizations that represent employees of the state “for the purposes of collective bargaining,” were permitted to elect coverage by the Rhode Island Employees’ Retirement System (the “Retirement System”) pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-9-33 in 1987. Despite the subsequent repeal of that provision, a judge of the Rhode *103Island Superior Court upheld plaintiffs’ admission into the Retirement System.…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- NAT. EDUC. ASS'N-RHODE ISLAND v. Retirement Bd.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1997
- National Education v. Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999