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State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees v. Lake

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Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 2022
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-1565 N.C. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2022

Issue: Whether a state legislature's express reservation of the right to amend a statute providing benefits to government employees bars a claim under the Constitution's contracts clause based on the legislature’s later decision to amend those benefits.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jun 09 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2022)
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.
Aug 11 2022Brief of respondents I. Beverly Lake, et al. in opposition filed.
Aug 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
Sep 13 2022Reply of petitioners State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 03 2022Petition DENIED.