O'Connell v. Bruce

How courts have described this case

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

• reasoning that “what is done by a municipal legislative body * * * depends not on what the action is called but on the reality”
• refusing to rule on constitutionality of curative legislation because initial resolution valid
• “[A]lthough it may have been preferable for the * * * town council to have established its * * * pension plan using the formal procedures * * * it is clear that the town council intended to regulate the affairs of the municipality[.]”
• refusing to rule on constitutionality of curative legislation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).