KOSA v. STATE TREASURER

Docket Nos. 60701, 60712. (Calendar Nos. 11, 12).

408 Mich. 356 (1980)

292 N.W.2d 452

KOSA v. STATE TREASURER

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, P.C. (by James A. White, Karen Bush Schneider, and Peter F. McNenly), for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Gerald F. Young, Assistant Attorney General, for defendants.


WILLIAMS, J.

This case presents a political problem seeking judicial resolution. To gain protection of their pension rights, Michigan teachers effectively lobbied for a constitutional amendment granting contractual status to retirement benefits. When it appeared that the constitutional guarantee might be impaired, the teachers turned to the courts for assistance. That litigation, culminating in a Court of Appeals decision, led to a legislative effort for a political...

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