Legal Opinion
National Education Ass'n-Rhode Island Ex Rel. Scigulinsky v. Retirement Board of the Rhode Island Employees' Retirement System
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 25, 1999No. 98-1763, 98-1782PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
In 1936, Rhode Island created a retirement system for state employees, school teachers, and other employees of cities and towns that chose to participate. R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 36-8-1 to 36-10-39. The retirement system is administered by the Retirement Board (“the Board”), which is chaired by the state treasurer. R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 36-8-4, 36-8-9. The retirement system is a “defined benefit plan” in which benefits are determined not by the amount contributed during service but by a schedule of benefits that specifies the amount to be paid.
At present, benefits under the Rhode…
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