Opinion ID: 835784
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Remaining Constitutional Claims

Text: In addition to the claims for relief that we have addressed, various petitioners also challenge parts of the 2003 PERS legislation based on the takings provisions of the Oregon Constitution and the United States Constitution, Or. Const., Art. I, § 18; U.S. Const., Amends. V, XIV, and the Contracts Clause of the United States Constitution, U.S. Const., Art. I, § 10. The foregoing holdings dispose of those claims, either because we have voided the challenged legislation in light of petitioners' state contract claims or because our determination of the particular obligations set out in the PERS contract obviates the fundamental premise of petitioners' remaining claims (that is, that the PERS contract granted them rights that cannot be breached, impaired, or taken for public use). We therefore need not discuss those claims further.