Legal Opinion
Howell v. Anne Arundel County
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 29, 1998No. CIV.A. AMD 96-3787PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DAVIS, District Judge.
The Plaintiffs are five current police officers and one retired police officer of Anne Arundel County and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), their union. In this action, they seek injunctive and declaratory relief against the County and several of its officials (sued in their official capacities) (referred to jointly hereinafter as “the County”) in respect to recent modifications by the County Council of the officers’ retirement plan, which they assert violate the Contract Clause of the federal constitution and state law. Jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. §…
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