Roth v. City of Glendale

This is a contract case, and we are bound by the unambiguous language of the contracts submitted to us for enforcement. See Cernohorsky v. Northern Liquid Gas Co., 268 Wis. 586, *810592-593, 68 N.W.2d 429, 433 (1955) (unambiguous contracts must be enforced according to their written terms). We are also bound by supreme court precedent. See State v. Lossman, 118 Wis. 2d 526, 532-533, 348 N.W.2d 159, 162-163 (1984).

The plaintiffs here are persons who worked for the City of Glendale, and retired between 1972 and 1996. During this time, the terms of their employment were controlled by collective…