Nonnenmacher v. City of Warwick

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Harold J. Nonnenmacher and Donald E. Sjogren, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, claiming that § 7-75.2(b) of the Warwick Code of Ordinances (1993), violates Article 1, section 10, of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution 1 because its setoff provision required a reduction in disability pension benefits paid to retired firefighters whose earned income during retirement exceeded certain limits. The plaintiffs and the defendants — the City of Warwick, the members of the Warwick Board of Public Safety, individually and in their…