State Ex Rel. Cannon v. Moran

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals 1 which reversed a summary judgment in the plaintiffs’ favor ordered by the Dane county circuit court, W.L. Jackman, Reserve Judge.

The issue presented is whether Chapter 38, Laws of 1979, which operates to reduce the plaintiffs’ 2 salaries by the amount of pension benefits they receive from prior judicial service in Milwaukee county is unconstitutional. A brief historical review of the retirement benefits which have been provided to Milwaukee circuit court judges 3 is necessary to develop the facts 4 surrounding this controversy.

In 1937…