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State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, et al. v. I. Beverly Lake, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of North Carolina, No. 436PA13-4 · judgment March 11, 2022
Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
When a state legislature expressly reserves the right to amend a statute providing benefits to government employees, does that reservation bar a claim under the Contracts Clause based on the legislature’s later decision to amend those benefits?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ryan Young Park
North Carolina Department of Justice
For respondent
Michael Luther Carpenter
Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Furr & Smith, P.A.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 03 2022Petition DENIED.
- Sep 13 2022Reply of petitioners State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
- Aug 11 2022Brief of respondents I. Beverly Lake, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jul 06 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 15, 2022 to August 15, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 06 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 15, 2022, for all respondents.
- Jun 09 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2022)