Legal Opinion
Police Retirement System v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 10, 1975No. 58933PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINCH, Presiding Judge.
The single issue involved in this appeal is whether the Police Retirement System of Kansas City (hereinafter Retirement System) is prohibited by provisions of the Missouri Constitution from making cost-of-living adjustments in pensions paid to police officers who had retired prior to the effective date of § 86.441, V.A.M.S. (Laws of 1972, p. 607), the statute authorizing payment of such cost-of-living adjustments. We have jurisdiction because the attack on the right of the Retirement System to make such adjustments involves interpretation of provisions of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Retirement Board v. McGovernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- State ex rel. Risch v. Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension FundWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
- Ledwith v. Bankers Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1952
- Miller v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1944
- State Ex Rel. Phillip v. Public School Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
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3Cited by14 opinions
- McClead v. Pima CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1992
- Division 1287, Amalgated Transit Union v. Kansas City Area Transportation AuthorityDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1980
- Pippin v. City of SpringfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Missouri State Employees' Retirement System v. Jackson CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- Sihnhold v. Missouri State Employees' Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Missouri · 2008
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