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DODD v. CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

No. 16-5470.

846 F.3d 180 (2017)

Bobby DODD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE; Chattanooga Fire and Police Pension Fund, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 18, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Gerald Tidwell, Jr. , TIDWELL, IZELL & RICHARDSON, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant. Zachary H. Greene , MILLER & MARTIN PLLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee City of Chattanooga. Cameron S. Hill , BAKER DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee Chattanooga Fire and Police Pension Fund. ON BRIEF: William Gerald Tidwell, Jr. , TIDWELL, IZELL & RICHARDSON, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant. Zachary H. Greene , W. Scott Parrish , MILLER & MARTIN PLLC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee City of Chattanooga. Cameron S. Hill , William E. Robinson , BAKER DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee Chattanooga Fire and Police Pension Fund.

Before: NORRIS, GIBBONS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

This case arises out of a 2012 amendment to the law governing Chattanooga's Fire and Police Pension Fund. Before 2013, a Fund member's surviving spouse could receive benefits after the member died without incurring a proportional reduction in the member's lifetime benefits. In 2012, the City of Chattanooga...

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