McKenna v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

This is a class action requesting this Court to determine the validity of certain legislative modifications of the state employees’ retirement program or the validity of the administrative application of those modifications insofar as they relate to the retirement pensions of the named plaintiffs and others similarly situated.

The plaintiffs are two judges retired from the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, the Honorable J. Frank McKenna, Jr., and the Honorable Frederic G. Weir. They originated this suit in this Court in November 1978 as an action in…