City of Houston v. Houston Firefighters' Relief & Retirement Fund

*472OPINION

John Donovan, Justice

Appellant, City of Houston (“the City”), sued appellee, Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund (“the Fund”), seeking a declaration that the statute establishing the current pension system for the City’s firefighters is unconstitutional. The City appeals the trial court’s grant of the Fund’s motion for summary judgment and denial of the City’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm and hold that the statute is constitutional.

I. Background

Since early in the Twentieth Century, there has been some form of pension system applicable to the City’s firefighters…