State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees v. Lake
Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 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.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Two petitions from North Carolina seek to resolve pay and benefits for public employees (Kalvis Golde, July 4, 2022)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 06/09/2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2022) |
| 07/06/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 15, 2022 to August 15, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 07/06/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 15, 2022, for all respondents. |
| 08/11/2022 | Brief of respondents I. Beverly Lake, et al. in opposition filed. |
| 08/31/2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022. |
| 09/13/2022 | Reply of petitioners State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 10/03/2022 | Petition DENIED. |