Court Opinion

ID: 9766948
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:04:04.665215+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:26.262885
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HUTCHINSON, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
I continue to adhere to the views expressed by former Chief Justice O’Brien in his Opinion in Support of Denial of Summary Judgment in Catania v. Commonwealth, State Employees’ Retirement Board, 498 Pa. 684, 450 A.2d 1342 (1982). Moreover, as the majority concedes, the result in this case would be the same under either of the views expressed in Catania. I therefore believe the majority’s attempt to adopt a so-called contract theory in this case on pensions is an unfortunate dictum.