Legal Opinion
Joseph R. Elliott v. Board of School Trustees of Ma
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 4, 2017No. 16-4168PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
The Contract Clause of the United States Constitution prohibits States from passing laws “impairing the Obligation of Contracts.” Art. I, § 10, cl. 1. The prohibition is not absolute, but it imposes substantial limits on laws that would undermine existing contractual rights. In 2012, an Indiana law took effect amending the State’s teacher tenure law to cut back on the rights of tenured teachers in layoffs. The issue in this appeal is whether the new law violates the Contract Clause rights of a teacher who had tenure before the law took effect.
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