Public Law
Public Law Journal: Spring 2014,Vol. 37, No. 2
Content
- Federal Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act after Beaumont
- Legislation Update
- Masthead
- Message from the Chair
- Obtaining Affordable Housing with Density, Not Dollars—a Guide to the California Density Bonus Law
- Privileges and Waivers and Records, Oh My!
- Profiles in Public Law: An Interview with Ann M. Ravel
- Public Records and Open Meetings Conference Set for May
- Litigation & Case Law Update
Litigation & Case Law Update
By K. Scott Dickey*
RETIREE BENEFITS/IMPLIED CONTRACTS
Retired Employees Ass’n of Orange County v. County of Orange (9th Cir. 2014)___F.3d___, 2014 WL 555156 (Feb. 13, 2014)
Contractual rights against a public entity and in favor of retirees may be "implied" only where statutory language or circumstances accompanying the statute’s passage clearly evince a legislative intent to create implied private rights of a contractual nature enforceable against that public entity