Miller v. State of California

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

We deal here with issues arising out of the reduction in the mandatory age of retirement of a state employee from the age of 70 years to the age of 67 years, The controversy presents essentially two questions: First, was plaintiff who had accumulated a number of years of service prior to the change in the law, entitled, notwithstanding the change, to remain in state employment until the age of 70? Second, even if he were not so entitled, did the reduction in the mandatory age of retirement impair a vested right of plaintiff to qualify for a larger monthly pension based on…