Plymel v. Teachers Retirement System

How courts have described this case

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

• court is not required to follow agency’s interpretation of statute if, based on court’s independent determination, interpretation does not follow statute’s plain language
• “statute or ordinance establishing a retirement plan for government employees becomes a part of an employee’s contract of employment if the employee contributes ... toward the benefits he is to receive, and . . . performs services while the law is in effect”
• “statute or ordinance establishing a retirement plan for government employees becomes a part of an employee’s contract of employment if the employee 5 contributes . . . toward the benefits he is to receive, and . . . performs services while the law is in effect”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).