Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that due process is satisfied “simply by showing that the retroactive application of the legislation is itself justified by a rational legislative purpose”
• holding that application of withdrawal liability provisions of MPPAA to employers withdrawing from pension plans does not violate Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause
• holding that a sidewalk created to give customers of a post office access to and from a parking lot was not a traditional public forum
• holding that retroactive aspects of legislation must satisfy due process, a burden “met simply by showing that the retroactive application of the legislation is itself justified by a rational legislative purpose”
• explaining that “the strong deference accorded legislation in the field of national economic policy is no less applicable when that legislation is applied retroactively”
• ensuring that employers fully funded pensions so that employees were not deprived of anticipated retirement benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).