http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2015/118585.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/us/illinois-supreme-court-rejects-lawmakers-pension-overhaul.html The court’s decision on Friday had been long predicted by legal experts here. In a 38-page written opinion, the justices sounded an unsympathetic note to suggestions that the state was forced to take drastic action when faced with what amounted to a financial emergency. The court noted that state lawmakers had, over decades, delayed or shorted what they should have contributed into the system, which covers state workers, teachers outside Chicago and others.AdvertisementContinue reading the main story“The General Assembly may find itself in crisis, but it is a crisis which other public pension systems managed to avoid,” Justice Karmeier wrote. He added later: “It is a crisis for which the General Assembly itself is largely responsible.”Labor officials lauded the decision. “We are thankful that the Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the will of the people, overturned this unfair and unconstitutional law, and protected the hard-earned life savings of teachers, police, firefighters, nurses, caregivers and other public service workers and retirees,” Michael T. Carrigan, the president of Illinois A.F.L.-C.I.O., said.
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