Legal Opinion

Donahue v. Public School Employees' Retirement System

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 21, 2003PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Patricia Donahue and Madeleine F. Pierucci, retired public school teachers, filed a petition for review in our original jurisdiction asserting a class action for a judgment declaring unconstitutional the 2001 amendments to the Public School Employees’ Retirement Code, 24 Pa.C.S. §§ 8101-8585, and the State Employees’ Retirement Code, 71 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101-5956. Donahue and Pierucci assert that the Act of May 17, 2001, P.L. 26 (Act 2001-9) discriminates against persons who retired before the Act’s effective date of July 1, 2001, because it does not afford them the same…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Singer v. SheppardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. James v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Milk Control Commission v. BattistaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  4. Klein v. EMPLOYEES'RETIREMENT SYS.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Harper v. State Employees' Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Larsen v. State Employees' Retirement SystemCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. McCool v. City of PhiladelphiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2007
  3. Kelley v. State Employees' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Donahue v. Public School Employees' Retirement SystemCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Kelley v. State Employees' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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