Susan Lagerman v. Arizona State Retirement System

Summary

The court held that submitting a retirement application is a substantive condition precedent to receiving normal retirement benefits and that requiring the application did not diminish or impair Lagerman’s benefits under the Arizona Constitution. It also held that the retirement date provision requires satisfaction of all listed timing conditions, including termination of active membership and receipt of a completed application. The court affirmed the superior court’s judgment and affirmed the result reached by the court of appeals while vacating most of that court’s opinion.