KANERVA v. WEEMS

No. 115811.

13 N.E.3d 1228 (2014)

2014 IL 115811

383 Ill. Dec. 107

Roger KANERVA, et al., Appellants, v. Malcolm WEEMS, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

July 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Yokich , of Cornfield & Feldman LLP, of Chicago, for appellants Debra Bauer et al.

Edward J. Kionka , of Carbondale, and Thomas G. Maag and Peter J. Maag , of Wood River, for appellants Gordon Maag et al.

George W. Tinkham , of Springfield, and Rodney V. Taylor , of Christopher & Taylor, of Indianapolis, Indiana, for appellants Gary McDonal et al.

John M. Myers and Barbara K. Myers of Rabin & Myers, P.C., and Donald M. Craven and Esther J. Seitz , all of Springfield, for appellants Robert Kanerva et al.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, and Richard S. Huszagh and Kate E. Pomper , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.

Clinton A. Krislov , of Chicago, for amicus curiae Certified Classes of Participants in the City of Chicago Annuitant Healthcare Plans.

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, of Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper and Sara K. Hornstra , Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Michael B. Slade , R. Chris Heck and J. Michael Jones , of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, of counsel), for amicus curiae City of Chicago.


OPINION

Justice FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is the validity of Public Act 97-695 (eff. July 1, 2012), which amended section 10 of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 (Group Insurance Act) (5 ILCS 375/10 (West 2012)) by eliminating the statutory standards for the State's contributions to health insurance premiums for members of three of the State's retirement systems. In place of...

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