Adams v. Public Employees Retirement Board

Petitioners, who worked as mental health therapists at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH), seek judicial review of a final order of the Public Employees Retirement Board (Board) that concluded that petitioners were not “police officers” for purposes of Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) classifications. They raise a panoply of statutory construction, substantial evidence, and constitutional challenges. We reject those arguments — including petitioners’ contention that they were employed as members of a “law enforcement unit” for purposes of the definition of “police officers.” See ORS…