BOSTON ASS'N OF SCH. ADM'RS & SUP. v. Boston Ret. Bd.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• discussing intent of statutory scheme to control retirement costs and promote predictability by placing reasonable limits on qualifying compensation
• “ ‘salary, wages or compensation in whatever form’ . . . takes its color of meaning from ‘salary’ and ‘wages’ ”
• definition of “[r]egular compensation” intended to “safeguard against . . . adventitious payments to employees which could place untoward, massive, continuing burdens on the retirement systems”
• definition of regular compensation intended to “safeguard against . . . adventitious payments to employees which could place untoward, massive, continuing burdens on the retirement systems”
• generic phrase takes its color of meaning from more specific words in a list
• cash housing allowance constituted “regular compensation,” where it was understood by both parties that payment would not actually pay for housing but was intended to supplement plaintiff’s salary in attempt to convince him to extend his contract as university president

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).