Maine Ass'n of Retirees v. Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment on their claims that certain amendments to Maine’s public employee retirement system violate the Contract and Takings Clauses of the United States Constitution. After careful consideration, we affirm.

I. Facts & Background

Plaintiffs are the Maine Association of Retirees and the Maine State Employees Association (and several individual members of each). 1 The district court also certified the following class:

All retired State of Maine employees and public school teachers whose final termination of service…