# Packler v. State Employes' Retirement Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · December 21, 1979 · 487 Pa. 51

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9750847

## Case

- **Full name:** Louis PACKLER, on Behalf of Himself and All Other Retired Persons Subject to the State Employes’ Retirement Code of 1959 as Subsequently Amended, Who Were Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard Prior to September 17, 1940, Appellant, v. the STATE EMPLOYES’ RETIREMENT BOARD of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** December 21, 1979
- **Citations:** 487 Pa. 51; 408 A.2d 1091; 1979 Pa. LEXIS 793
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Larsen
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, Flaherty
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent; we should reach the merits of this “long drawn-out” case. We will all be old when this case is finally *55 determined. This case has been heard by this Court twice on non-merit issues.

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