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New Jersey pension lawsuit continues in federal court
The federal lawsuit brought by state government worker unions in an attempt to overturn New Jersey’s landmark pension reform law continues to grind away, even as other state courts have decided in favor of pensioners recently.
The state’s largest teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, and other unions filed a brief Feb. 7 that argued why they believe the case belongs in the U.S. District Court, rather than the state Superior Court.
The brief says that because pensions are paid out of the state’s pension fund and not out of the state treasury, at least not directly, then the federal court can hear the matter as a violation of the Constitution and the pensioners’ contractual rights. (Method, Gannett)
