Legal Opinion

Pineman v. Oechslin

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 12, 1985No. 12529PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtParskey, J.

The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether state employees have contractual interests in the State Employees Retirement Act (act), General Statutes §§ 5-152 through 5-192x. Because we agree with the trial court that the act creates no contractual rights we find no error.

The plaintiffs brought a class action in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against the named defendant, chairman of the state employees retirement commission, Henry E. Parker, state treasurer, and J. Edward Caldwell, state comptroller. The action sought a declaratory judgment…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Fitzpatrick v. BitzerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Flemming v. NestorSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. United States Trust Co. of NY v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Dodge v. Board of Ed. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. BrandSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Fumarolo v. Chicago Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
  2. McGrath v. Rhode Island Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
  3. Krafick v. KrafickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  4. Poole v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
  5. Giaimo v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001

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