Parella v. Retirement Board of the Rhode Island Employees' Retirement System

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• concluding that, unlike with Article III jurisdiction issues, Eleventh Amendment immunity questions may be avoided where the case can be decided on other grounds
• concluding that, unlike with Article III jurisdiction issues, Eleventh Amendment immunity questions may be avoided where the case can be decided on other grounds
• recognizing that because public contractual obligation prevents subsequent legislatures from altering that obligation “for merely rational reasons,” “there is, for the purposes of the Contract Clause, a higher burden to establish that a contractual obligation has been created”
• finding that assertion of Eleventh Amendment immunity does not implicate Article III jurisdiction
• stating that “courts have the discretion to raise Eleventh Amendment questions sua sponte”
• “[AJvoiding Eleventh Amendment questions where there are other dispositive issues ... permits courts to avoid squandering judicial resources.”

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