CITY OF LA GRANDE v. PUBLIC EMP. RETIREMENT BD.

TC 22993; CA 5493; SC 25230; TC 29437; CA 6129; SC 25230.

586 P.2d 765 (1978)

284 Or. 173

CITY OF LA GRANDE, a Municipal Corporation, Respondent, v. PUBLIC EMPLOYES RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE STATE OF OREGON, Clay Myers, As Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, La Grande Police Association, and La Grande Firefighters' Union, Local No. 924, International Association of Firefighters, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organization, Canadian Labour Congress, Petitioners. City of Astoria, a Municipal Corporation, Respondent, v. Public Employes Retirement Board of the State of Oregon, Lester L. Rawls, As Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon, Leander Quiring, As Director of the Department of General Services of the State of Oregon, Clay Myers, As Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, Policemen and Firemen of the City of Astoria, As a Class, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

October 25, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Special counsel for Cities of La Grande and Astoria: Stanton F. Long, Orval Etter, Martha W. Reidy, Timothy J. Sercombe, Johnson, Harrang & Mercer, Eugene, D. Richard Fischer, Astoria City Atty., Ross E. Hearing, La Grande, James M. Mattis, Special Counsel, League of Oregon Cities, John Leahy, Multnomah County Counsel, Portland, William Juza, City Atty., Salem, Lawrence R. Derr, Hillsboro, Washington County Counsel; Edward C. Harms, Jr., Harms, Harold & Leahy, Springfield, on the Petition for Rehearing.

Gary K. Jensen, Eugene, on response to Petition for Rehearing for Policemen and Firefighters of the Cities of La Grande and Astoria.

James A. Redden, Atty. Gen., Al J. Laue, Sol. Gen., and Jan P. Londahl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, on response to Petition for Rehearing for Public Employes Retirement Bd. of the State of Oregon.


LINDE, Justice.

In these cases the court sustained state laws mandating certain retirement and insurance benefits for police and firefighting personnel against claims that the laws unconstitutionally infringed on the cities' powers of self-government. 281 Or. 137, 576 P.2d 1204 (1978). The Cities of La Grande and Astoria filed an extensive petition for rehearing, and we set the case down for reargument...

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