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SINGER v. CITY OF TOPEKA

No. 50,876

227 Kan. 356 (1980)

607 P.2d 467

RICHARD D. SINGER, ALAN L. WARNER, DENNIS PERKINS, and WALTER KUEHL, et al., Appellees, v. THE CITY OF TOPEKA, KANSAS, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon B. Graves, assistant city attorney, argued the cause, and Dan E. Turner, city attorney, was with him on the brief for the appellants.

John R. Martin, of Ralston & Frieden, of Topeka, argued the cause, and John C. Frieden, of the same firm, and Randall J. Forbes, of Crane, Martin, Claussen, Hamilton & Barry, of Topeka, were with him on the brief for the appellees.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MILLER, J.:

The validity of three statutes governing fire and police pensions is at issue in this case. The trial court held all three sections, K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 13-14a02, and K.S.A. 1977 Supp. 12-5004 and 12-5005, as applied to the plaintiffs, unconstitutional under the contract clause of the United States Constitution, art. I, § 10. Appeal was taken directly to this court, as authorized by K.S.A. 1979 Supp...

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