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VAN HOUTEN v. CITY OF FT. WORTH

No. 15-10416 Consolidated with Case No. 15-10796.

827 F.3d 530 (2016)

Richard VAN HOUTEN, Jr.; Stephen Hall, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF FORT WORTH, a Texas Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. James Tate; Donald Clark; Brian Ray, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Fort Worth, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 1, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert David Klausner, Esq. , Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL, David Denton Rapp , Eggleston King, L.L.P., Weatherford, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants (Case No. 15-10416).

Robert David Klausner, Esq. , Adam Philip Levinson , Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL, David Denton Rapp , Eggleston King, L.L.P., Weatherford, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants (Case No. 15-10796).

David E. Keltner, Esq. , Marianne Marsh Auld , Dee J. Kelly, Jr. , Mary Hallman Smith , Kelly, Hart & Hallman, L.L.P., Gerald Pruitt , City Attorney's Office, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

This will decide whether recent changes to the City of Fort Worth's (the "City") pension plan violate the law. Under certain circumstances, the Texas Constitution forbids reduction of public pension "benefits accrued by a person." Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 66(d). Primarily, the plaintiffs argue that the City's pension...

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