Legal Opinion
Retired Adjunct Professors v. Almond
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 13, 1997No. 95-720-AppealPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
This appeal requires us to determine whether it is constitutionally permissible for the General Assembly to enact a law that changes how much part-time state work retired professors (formerly employed by public universities or colleges) can engage in before their pensions will be suspended.
The plaintiffs are educators who allege that they retired from jobs with public colleges or universities when State law allowed them to be reemployed by the State of Rhode Island (the State) for up to 75 full days or 150 half days before their pension payments would be suspended.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by33 opinions
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