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JACKSON FIREFIGHTERS ASS'N v. CITY OF JACKSON

No. 83-4749. Summary Calendar.

736 F.2d 209 (1984)

JACKSON FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 87, J.D. Wright, Johnny Bass, Larry Iles and Jim Gilliland, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, A Municipal Corporation, Dale Danks, Mayor of the City of Jackson, Nielson Cochran, Fred Johnson, Commissioners of the City of Jackson, Individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cupit & Maxey, John L. Maxey, II, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Timmie Hancock, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The equal protection clause does not require that all public employees whenever employed receive the same pension and disability benefits. While providing the benefits promised employees who began and have continued to work in the expectation of receiving specified pensions and disability benefits, a governmental unit may reduce its expenditures by lowering the level of benefits provided new...

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