DEGAN v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DALLAS POLICE

No. 18-10423.

956 F.3d 813 (2020)

LaDonna DEGAN; Ric Terrones; John McGuire; Reed Higgins; Mike Gurley; Larry Eddington; Steven McBride, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Feldman , Shannon Rashida Smittick , Feldman & Feldman, P.C., Houston, TX, Kirk Louis Pittard, Esq. , Durham, Pittard & Spalding, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David Harlan Harper , Attorney, Nina Cortell , Jason Neal Jordan , Benjamin Lee Mesches , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Kelli Benham Bills , Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.

Christopher John Caso, Esq. , James Bickford Pinson , Assistant City Attorneys, City Attorney's Office for the City of Dallas, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BARKSDALE, SOUTHWICK, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


Several retired City of Dallas police officers and firefighters (collectively, "Plaintiffs") sued the Board of Trustees of Dallas Police and Fire Pension System (the "Board") over changes to their pension fund they contend violate the United States and Texas Constitutions. Plaintiffs alleged that limiting their ability to...

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