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WASINGTON EDUC. ASS'N v. DRS

No. 88546-0.

332 P.3d 439 (2014)

181 Wn.2d 233

WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; Stacia Bilsland and Kathleen Raney, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondents, v. WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS; State of Washington, Petitioners. Washington Federation of State Employees; Paulette Thompson; Bob Keller, and all others similarly situated, Respondents, v. Washington Department of Retirement Systems; State of Washington, Petitioners. Retired Public Employees Council of Washington; and Howard N. Jorgenson, on his own behalf and on behalf of all similarly situated individuals, Respondents, v. Washington Department of Retirement Systems; State of Washington, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy George Leyh , Randall Thor Thomsen , Katherine See Kennedy , Calfo Harrigan Leyh & Eakes LLP, Seattle, WA, Anne Hall , Office of The Attorney General, Sarah Elizabeth Blocki , Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Donald E. Clocksin , Attorney at Law, Harriet Kay Strasberg , Attorney at Law, Edward Earl Younglove III , Younglove & Coker, PLLC, Olympia, WA, Richard E. Spoonemore , Eleanor Hamburger , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger , Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Rebecca R. Glasgow , Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State School Directors' Association.

Keith Alan Buchholz , Washington State Senate, Jeanine Marie Gorrell , Washington State Senate, Timothy George Sekerak , House of Representatives, Olympia, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Legislature.

Josh Weiss , Washington State Ass'n of Counties, Olympia, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Counties.

Daniel G. Lloyd , Vancouver City Attorney's Office, Vancouver, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Association of Washington Cities.

MADSEN, C.J.

¶ 1 The Washington Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) and the State of Washington petition for review of an order granting summary judgment to a class of public employee unions and unaffiliated employees and holding that the 2011 repeal of legislation granting future uniform cost of living adjustments (UCOLA) to the respondents' monthly pension payments was an unconstitutional impairment of the State's contractual obligation with its employees...

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