Kraus v. Board of Trustees of Police Pension Fund

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the Illinois constitutional \convention debates establish an intent to adopt the language and basic thrust of the New York constitutional provision\
• stating that the Illinois constitutional \convention debates establish an intent to adopt the language and basic thrust of the New York constitutional provision\
• finding unconstitutional an amendment to Pension Code reducing the benefits paid to a beneficiary who changes from disability retirement to regular retirement
• “Application of [the statutory] amendment to [the] plaintiff would amount to a change in the terms of his contract with the pension system *** and would directly diminish his benefits under the contract.”
• reviewing cases establishing this \archaic\ approach to pension plans
• officer who joined pension system prior to effective date of new statute reducing pension entitled to pension as calculated on date entered, since purpose of pension rights is that pension should not be diminished and pension rights are entitled to constitutional protection

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).