Pineman v. Oechslin

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge.

Contents

Introduction...................... 527

I. THE PARTIES..................... 529

II. THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND...... 530

A. The Fitzpatrick Litigation ....... 530

B. The Plaintiffs’ Reliance on Pre1975 Law..................... 532

C. The 1975 Act.................. 533

D. The Legislative History of the 1975 Act ..................... 535

III. THE PLAINTIFFS’CLAIMS......... 536

IV. THE CONTRACT CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ... 537

A. Introduction .................. 537

B. Connecticut’s…