Dr. Ralph Slaughter v. Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System
AdministrativeLaw ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities Jurisdiction
Does the statutory scheme of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System violate the Equal Protection Clause?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Does the statutory scheme of the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System (“LASERS”) violate the Equal Protection Clause by defining earned compensation as excluding supplemental pay for purposes of calculating retirement benefits, where supplemental pay is included in the definition of earned compensation for state judges, law enforcement officers, teachers, and firefighters, thus treating them more favorably than those state employees other than judges, who are forced by law to participate in LASERS? ii STATEMENT OF