Sellars v. City of Gary

By In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Sellars v. City of Gary - In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • Release Date: 2006-07-07
  • Genre: Law

Description

Pursuant to a prior settlement agreement between the plaintiff, Paul Sellars, Sr., and the City of Gary, Sellars is entitled to a Gary Firefighter Service Pension. On June 20, 2003, Sellars turned fifty years old. Soon after, he applied for and was granted early receipt of his pension benefits. In addition, Sellars requested health care benefits from the City. The defendants denied his request for health care benefits. As a result, Sellars sued the City, alleging that his rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment were violated and that the City breached the original settlement agreement by denying him health care benefits. The district court granted summary judgment for the City on both the equal protection claim and the breach of contract claim. Sellars appeals. For the following reasons, we now affirm the judgment of the district court.