EFREOM v. McKEE

No. 21-1382.

46 F.4th 9 (2022)

Binyamin I. EFREOM; Marilyn C. Distefano; Susan L. Hartnett; Adrienne R. Dimeo; Mary G. Kennedy; Cynthia J. Rondeau; Mary O'Connell McKenna; Timothy H. Murphy; Dennis F. Ziroli; Annmarie Bolvin; William P. Berube; Joseph F. Clifford, III; Antonetta R. Mello; Maureen Rita Vavolotis; William Blair; Patricia E. Giammarco; Barbara A. Moussalli; Sandra A. Curran; Kathlyne E. Walsh; William H. Ferguson; Carol Schneider; Joanne A. Matisewski; Laurie A. Scialabba; Jean Petisce-Lynch; Anthony T. Bagaglia; Joann C. Lombardi; Anthony J. Ricci; James E. Barden; Nancy A. Lemme; Mary F. Sherlock; Pamela J. Delvecchio; Janet Keller; Dean L. Lees; Robert M. Pesaturo, Jr.; Janice M. Colerick; James H. Cox; Kathleen A. Crescenzo; Sandra L. McCullough; Michael N. Senerchia; Karen M. Tanner; Norma Jean Palazzo; David Goodman; Robert J. Dimaio; Francesca Bedell; James Bedell; Margaret Harris; Mary Katherine O'Neill; Brian Kennedy, Plaintiffs, Appellants, Gregory Marcello, Plaintiff, v. Daniel J. McKEE, in his capacity as Governor of the State of Rhode Island; Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island, by and through Frank J. Karpinski, its Executive Director; Seth Magaziner, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Retirement Board, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. West for appellants.

Nicole J. Benjamin , with whom John A. Tarantino , Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Michael W. Field , and Rhode Island Office of Attorney General, for appellees Daniel J. McKee, in his capacity as Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Seth Magaziner, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Retirement Board, and the Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Selya and Gelpí, Circuit Judges.


This is an appeal from an order and judgment granting defendant-appellees' motion to dismiss appellants' complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). Appellants are forty-nine members of a class of retired Rhode Island public employees impacted by changes to the state's retirement benefits scheme...

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