Retired Adjunct Professors v. Almond

How courts have described this case

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

• “there is a strong presumption against construing a statute to create such contractual obligations, and individuals alleging its creation bear the heavy burden of overcoming this presumption”
• principal function of legislature is to make policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 1,372×
• Wilkinson v. State Crime Laboratory Commission
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-01-31· cited 127×
• Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers v. State Department of Corrections
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-01-15· cited 59×
• Romano v. Retirement Board of the Employees' Retirement System
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-02-19· cited 38×
• Justus v. State of Colorado
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2014-10-20· cited 31×
• Pellegrino v. Rhode Island Ethics Commission
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-01-30· cited 29×
• RHODE ISLAND INSURERS'INSOLVENCY FUND v. Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-07-24· cited 27×
• Nonnenmacher v. City of Warwick
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1999-01-25· cited 25×
• City of Providence v. Employee Retirement Board
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-04-03· cited 22×
• Smith v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF EMP. RETIREMENT
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2003-06-27· cited 21×
• Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers v. Rhode Island
  First Circuit· 2004-01-28· cited 13×
• D. Corso Excavating, Inc. v. Poulin
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-03-17· cited 10×
• Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers v. Rhode Island
  D. Rhode Island· 2003-05-28· cited 10×
• Perry v. Rhode Island
  D. Rhode Island· 1997-07-24· cited 6×
• Perfect Puppy, Inc. v. City of East Providence
  D. Rhode Island· 2015-03-31· cited 6×
• Rhode Island Council 94 v. Rhode Island
  D. Rhode Island· 2010-04-13· cited 2×
• National Education Ass'n v. Retirement Board of the Rhode Island Employees' Retirement System
  D. Rhode Island· 1997-08-07· cited 2×
• NAT. EDUC. ASS'N-RHODE ISLAND v. Retirement Bd.
  D. Rhode Island· 1997-08-07
• Ri Brotherhood of Corrrectional v. State
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2011-04-18
• Rhode Island Council v. Carcieri
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2011-09-13

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-27· cited 1,245×
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-18· cited 912×
• National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-18· cited 444×
• Fumarolo v. Chicago Board of Education
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-11-30· cited 231×
• Brennan v. Kirby
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1987-07-28· cited 159×
• Lawrence v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1987-04-03· cited 87×
• Pineman v. Oechslin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-03-12· cited 61×
• Ernst & Young v. Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1995-11-13· cited 51×
• Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corp. v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1995-05-19· cited 39×
• California v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-10-03· cited 26×
• Pineman v. Fallon
  D. Connecticut· 1987-06-09· cited 17×
• Reback v. Rhode Island Board of Regents
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-06-23· cited 8×