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PINEMAN v. OECHSLIN

No. 376, Docket 80-7562.

637 F.2d 601 (1981)

Karen PINEMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William G. OECHSLIN et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter W. Gillies, Deputy Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Carl R. Ajello, Atty. Gen., Bernard F. McGovern, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Sarah Posner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., on brief), for defendants-appellants.

Paul W. Orth, Hartford, Conn. (Austin Carey, Jr., Harry Franklin, Robert Krzys, Eleanor K. May and Hoppin, Carey & Powell, Hartford, Conn., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Robert F. McWeeny and Fleischmann, Sherbacow, McWeeny & Cohn, Hartford, Conn., submitted a brief for Connecticut State Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO, as amicus curiae.

Before LUMBARD, NEWMAN, and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the constitutionality of the State of Connecticut's revision of its State Employees Retirement Act, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 5-152 et seq., to conform to the requirements of the federal civil rights laws. The District Court for the District of Connecticut (Jose A. Cabranes, Judge) struck down the revisions for impairing contractual obligations in violation of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution.

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