Chiles v. United Faculty of Florida

How courts have described this case

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

• “The right to contract is one of the most sacrosanct rights guaranteed by our fundamental law.”
• “The right to contract is one of the most sacrosanct rights guaranteed by our fundamental law.”
• legislative abrogation of funded and colleclively bargained pay raises for State employees impaired obligation of con tract under Florida Constitution, relying on principles stated in United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey
• “[W]e agree with the trial court that the legislature has authority to reduce previously approved appropriations ... made pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, but only where it can demonstrate a compelling state interest.”
• “[W]e agree with the trial court that the legislature has authority to reduce previously approved appropriations . . . made pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, but only where it can demonstrate a compelling state interest.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).