Legal Opinion
Kentucky Retirement Systems v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 2008No. 06-1037PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Commonwealth of Kentucky permits policemen, firemen, and other “hazardous position” workers to retire and to receive “normal retirement” benefits after either (1) working for 20 years; or (2) working for 5 years and attaining the age of 55. See Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 16.576,16.577(2) (Lexis 2003), 61.592(4) (Lexis Supp. 2003). It permits those who become seriously disabled but have not otherwise become eligible for retirement to retire immediately and receive “disability retirement” benefits. See § 16.582(2)(b) (Lexis 2003). And it treats some of those disabled individuals more generously…
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