Legal Opinion
Shafer v. State Employes' Retirement Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 18, 1997No. 86 M.D. Appeal Docket 1996PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*323 OPINION OF THE COURT
CASTILLE, Justice.
The issue before this Court is whether a member of the State Employes’ Retirement System (“SERS”) who teaches at a university in a foreign country must establish the existence of an employer/employee relationship with an agency or department of the United States government in order for that member to purchase “creditable nonstate service” retirement credit pursuant to Section 5304(c)(3) of the State Employes’ Retirement Code (“Retirement Code”), 71 Pa.C.S. § 5304(c)(3). Because we hold that Section 5304(c)(3) of the Retirement Code requires a SERS member…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Budzichowski v. Bell Tel. Co. of Pa.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Cox v. CAETISupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Zimmerman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Hoerner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Valles v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Valles v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Burris v. State Employes' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Boyle v. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Valles v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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