Legal Opinion
BD. OF TRUSTEES OF POLICE PENSION v. Weed
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 28, 1986No. 60793PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
This is a declaratory judgment action to cease pension benefits pursuant to 11 O.S. 1971 § 541p (current version at 11 O.S.1981 § 50-119) and Oklahoma City Code § 2-342 (1970). The District Court of Oklahoma County held the state statute and city ordinance, purporting to deprive appellee of his vested pension rights, unconstitutional, insofar as they authorize divesture of appel-lee’s pension based on his felony conviction.
Appellee, Fred Weed, joined the Oklahoma City Police Department on August 1, 1957. Appellee retired as Chief of the Vice Squad on August 1, 1977. Pursuant…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bakenhus v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1956
- Kerner v. State Employees' Retirement System of IllinoisIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Baker v. Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Leonard v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1972
- Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1972 PA 258Michigan Supreme Court · 1973
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- Hopkins v. Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement SystemCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
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