Legal Opinion
Blackwell v. Quarterly County Court of Shelby County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 21, 1981PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Chief Justice.
Presented in this case is the extent to which a local legislative body may validly modify the terms of a retirement and pension plan which it had previously adopted for the benefit of public employees. If such authority exists, two additional questions are presented: (1) the reasonableness of a 1977 modification challenged by members of the plan, and (2) determination of those members to whom it can validly be applied.
After a trial on the merits the Chancellor held that the governing body could make reasonable changes even if these were detrimental to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States Railroad Retirement Board v. FritzSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Allen v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Harvey v. Allegheny County Retirement BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Miles v. Tennessee Consolidated Retirement SystemTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Peter M. Garvie v. Charles O. Jackson and George W. WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Baker v. Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Smith v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- Faust v. Metropolitan Government of NashvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2006
- Hall v. Shelby County Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
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