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RHODE ISLAND LABORERS' DIST. v. STATE OF R.I.

Nos. 97-1946, 97-1987.

145 F.3d 42 (1998)

RHODE ISLAND LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL, Local Union 808, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, et al., Defendants, Appellees. David E. PERRY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Fairbrothers, Regional Attorney, with whom Darren F. Corrente, Regional Attorney, was on brief for appellants Rhode Island Laborers' District Council, Local Union 808, et al.

Miriam Weizenbaum with whom Amato A. DeLuca and DeLuca & Weizenbaum, Ltd. were on consolidated brief for appellants David E. Perry, et al.

Thomas A. Palombo, Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Rhode Island, Department of Attorney General, and Harris K. Weiner, Deputy Executive Counsel to the Governor, on consolidated brief for appellees State of Rhode Island, Governor Lincoln C. Almond, General Treasurer Nancy J. Mayer, Attorney General Jeffrey B. Pine, Director of Administration Robert L. Carl, Jr., and Supreme Court Administrator Robert C. Harrall.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In 1976, Rhode Island adopted a statute, entitled Court Clerks' Incentive Pay, providing salary bonuses for state court clerks who obtained certain degrees. 1976 R.I. Pub. Laws ch. 205, § 1, codified as amended at R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 8-4.1-1 to 8-4.1-5 (1997). A 10 percent salary increase was provided for a court clerk who obtained an Associate's Degree in fields relating to law enforcement or administration of justice; a...

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