Perry v. Rhode Island

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• holding that the state court clerks’ statute did not create a contract as a matter of federal constitutional law
• no vested right to incentive pay because statutory language suggested that the Legislature reserved the right to change the compensation as it saw fit
• no vested right to incentive pay because statutory language suggested that the Legislature reserved the right to change the compensation as it saw fit
• no vested right to incentive pay because statutory language suggested that the Legislature reserved the right to change the compensation as it saw fit
• clerks unsuccessful in claiming that incentive pay statute created contractual property interest
• clerks unsuccessful in claiming that incentive pay statute created contractual property interest

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