Regina Kahles v. City of Cincinnati

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

In two separate lawsuits, a total of ten plaintiffs, all former employees of the City of Cincinnati, alleged that the City and the Board of Trustees of the Cincinnati Retirement System (CRS), by altering the quali- fixations for “disability retirement” for city employees, violated provisions of the federal and state constitutions, as well as Ohio state law. After consolidating the two actions, the district court granted summary judgment to the defendants 1 on all federal claims and on the plaintiffs’ claim that the City’s changes in the retirement plan…