Kerner v. State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois

How courts have described this case

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

• when a statute uses the word “any,” that implies a legislative intent for a broad definition
• termination of pension benefits due to felony convictions was a condition that already existed when plaintiffs’ benefits vested and did not change, let alone diminish, terms of the contract
• the purpose in denying retirement benefits was to discourage official malfeasance
• the purpose in denying retirement benefits was to discourage official malfeasance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).