United States Ninth Circuit

In an action regarding a city's policy of discontinuing health benefits to retired employees, the Court of Appeals certified the following question to the Oregon Supreme Court: What amount of discretion does Or. Rev. Stats. section 243.303 confer on local governments to determine whether or not to provide health insurance coverage to their employees after retirement?

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/04/2009
• Published 05/04/2009

Judges

• Before:  SUSAN P. GRABER, RAYMOND C. FISHER, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen L. Brischetto, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Franz, Jr., Law Office of Robert E. Franz, Jr., Springfield, OR, for the defendants-appellees.