Shirlene Anderson v. William Forrest Winter, Etc.

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of the dual retirement system provided for Mississippi state employees. The plaintiffs, present and former agents of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, 1 claim that the state scheme denies them equal protection and substantive due process because they are ineligible for the more liberal retirement and disability benefits provided for officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, 2 and we affirm.

Mississippi has established two separate retirement…