Jennifer Ann Cupples's Legal Cases (3)

Constitutional

Wayne County Employees’ Retirement System, et al v Wayne County, et al, 497 Mich. 36 (2014)

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OUTCOME:

Second chair to the Special Counsel team that represented the Wayne County Employees’ Retirement System (WCERS) and obtained a $49 million judgment against Wayne County for violations of the exclusive ... benefit and prohibited transaction rules of the Public Employee Retirement System Investment Act (“PERSIA”) in the Wayne County Circuit Court on remand from the Michigan Supreme Court, which affirmed, in substantial part, the Michigan Court of Appeals decision invalidating portions of a 2010 ordinance which permitted the County to usurp approximately $32 Million of WCERS’ trust funds to offset the County’s annual required contribution.

Contracts and agreements

The Police & Fire Retirement System of the City of Detroit v Paramount Limited, LLC, et al, Wayne Cty Cir. Ct. #11-006035-CR

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OUTCOME:

Second chair to the Special Counsel team that represented DPF - successfully litigated a ponzi scheme case in Wayne County Circuit Court and other jurisdictions involving breach of a loan agreement, an ... d a court appointed receiver; ultimately obtained several judgments against defendants, a majority of each in excess of $16 Million.

State, local, and municipal law

Peter Rhoades v General Retirement System of the City of Detroit (“DGRS”), Wayne Cty Cir. Ct. # 11-002962-CD:

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OUTCOME:

Second chair to the Special Counsel team that represented DGRS – The Michigan Court of Appeals (in an unpublished opinion, dated June 17, 2014) affirmed the Wayne County Circuit Court’s decision granti ... ng summary disposition in favor of DGRS, denying Rhoades’ claims to retirement benefits by way of application of the City of Detroit General Retirement Ordinance Amendment which prohibited double-dipping on pension benefits upon Rhoades’ re-employment with the City.

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