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		<title>Both Plaintiffs and Defendants Appeal to Colorado Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2012/11/22/both-plaintiffs-and-defendants-appeal-to-colorado-supreme-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plaintiffs Gary R. Justus et al and defendants State of Colorado et al have appealed the Colorado Court of Appeals decision that declared that Colorado PERA retirees have a contract that includes their annual cost-of-living (COLA) increases, albeit for very different reasons! Plaintiffs&#8217; attorneys filed Nov. 20 and defendants&#8217; attorneys filed the next day. Plaintiiffs [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=529&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Have A Contract for COLA!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that PERA retirees have a contract with PERA that includes their annual benefit increases (aka COLA.) The unanimous court wrote: We agree with plaintiffs, subject to certain limitations explained below. Specifically, we conclude that plaintiffs have a contractual right, but that the court must still determine whether any impairment [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=517&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oral arguments heard by Colorado Court of Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, September 4,  the Colorado Court of Appeals (Division IV) heard plaintiffs’ appeal of the Denver District Court’s  decision that  granted a Summary Judgment  which  dismissed Justus et al  v. State of Colorado and PERA et al.  Richard Rosenblatt presented oral arguments on behalf of Justus et al.  Sean Connelly, a partner in the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=513&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Appellants&#8217; Reply Brief Filed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 15 Attorneys for the Plaintiffs in Gary R. Justus et al v. State of Colorado et al filed the final Reply Brief with the Colorado Court of Appeals. It will be considered by a three judge panel. This may take most of the summer, we anticipate. The brief very directly raises and addresses the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=485&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State and PERA File Appellees&#8217; Briefs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 19:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New on the Resources page www.SavePERACOLA.com/resources are the two answers that PERA and the State of Colorado have filed with the Colorado Court of Appeals. These are in response to our appeal of Denver District Court&#8217;s dismissal of our lawsuit over the reduction in our annual 3.5% cost-of-living adjustments brought about by Senate Bill 10-001 in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=480&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Court of Appeals Schedule</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2012/04/25/court-of-appeals-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have received notice of the following scheduled dates for the lawsuit: 4/23/12 – Appellees  to Supplement Record 5/29/12 – Appellee’s Answering Brief 6/12/12 &#8211; Appellant’s Reply Brief PERA and the State of Colorado are the appellees. Gary R. Justus et al are the appellants.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=468&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More PERA Cuts?&#8230;or&#8230;Win the Lawsuit!</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2012/04/25/more-pera-cuts-or-win-the-lawsuit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The attack on PERA retirees’ annual benefit increases is starting up again, this time by Governor John Hickenlooper. We are again seeking to raise additional funds to support our legal efforts in overturning in state court the serious reductions in those increases that Senate Bill 10-001 created two years ago.  We would like to take [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=466&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dismissal of Lawsuit Appealed</title>
		<link>http://saveperacola.com/2011/07/25/dismissal-of-lawsuit-appealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PERA Retirees Appeal Dismissal of COLA Class Action Lawsuit The plaintiffs in the civil suit Gary R. Justus et al vs. State of Colorado and Public Employees’ Retirement Association of Colorado et al (Case No.: 2010CV1589) have announced that they will appeal today the June 29th dismissal of their case by Denver District Chief Judge [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=461&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>June 30, 2011 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 30, 2011 Update  Judge Robert S. Hyatt has ruled against all claims of a group of four PERA retirees who challenged Senate Bill 10-001 in a lawsuit.  Plaintiffs sought restoration of their annual benefit increases (COLA) to the previous law that set them at 3.5% per year (3.25% for DPS Division). SB10-001 reduced the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=451&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>June 21 Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chief Judge Robert S. Hyatt of the Denver District Court issued yesterday a comprehensive Order that denies various Plaintiffs’ motions to: a) remove Kathleen Hopkins as a named plaintiff (which was solely at her request); b) add Meredith Williams, PERA Executive Director, as a named defendant; c) strike the use of an inadvertently disclosed e-mail [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=saveperacola.com&#038;blog=11652023&#038;post=439&#038;subd=saveperacola&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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