No. 21-751

Dr. Ralph Slaughter v. Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2021-11-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: compensation-calculation constitutional-challenge equal-protection judges law-enforcement retirement-benefits state-employees statutory-interpretation supplemental-pay
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess HabeasCorpus Securities Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the statutory scheme of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System violate the Equal Protection Clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-10
Waiver of right of respondent Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System to respond filed.
2021-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System
R. Stephen StarkLa. State Employees' Retirement System, Respondent
Ralph Slaughter
Scott D. WilsonScott D. Wilson, A Professional Law Corporation, Petitioner