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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. ROMEIN

No. 90-1390.

503 U.S. 181 (1992)

112 S.Ct. 1105

117 L.Ed.2d 328

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. et al. v. ROMEIN et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Geller argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Stephen M. Shapiro, Mark I. Levy, James D. Holzhauer, Charles A. Rothfeld, Lawrence C. Marshall, John M. Thomas, Theodore Souris, Martha B. Goodloe, and Daniel G. Galant.

Theodore Sachs argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondents Romein and Gonzalez were Robert M. Weinberg and Laurence Gold. Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General of Michigan, pro se, Gay Secor Hardy, Solicitor General, and Thomas L. Casey, Assistant Solicitor General, filed a brief for respondent Kelley.*

O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1987, the Michigan Legislature enacted a statute that had the effect of requiring petitioners General Motors Corporation (GM) and Ford Motor Company (Ford) to repay workers' compensation benefits GM and Ford had withheld in reliance on a 1981 workers' compensation statute. Petitioners challenge the provision of the statute mandating these retroactive payments on the ground that it violates the Contract Clause...

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