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Ron J. Waterman v. Robyn B. Waterman
Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 2023-P-0905 · judgment June 17, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
QUESTION ONE A dozen States' Appellate Courts have issued opinions holding that Variable Separation Incentive (VSI) is a retirement benefit/pension. Subsequently, Massachusetts courts ruled VSI is not a retirement benefit/pension. Are States free to interpret federal laws however each prefers, or is Massachusetts incorrect? (Or are the dozen other states?) QUESTION TWO Massachusetts altered a 1999 Judgment that had been final for 20 years. Does this violate U.S. Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Due Process? Petition for Writ of Certiorari - 1
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ron J. Waterman
For respondent
Robyn Nadeau
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 10 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 22 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Oct 07 2025Brief of respondent Robyn Waterman in opposition filed.
- Sep 12 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 15, 2025.
- Sep 04 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 15, 2025 to October 15, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 13 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2025)