Cranston Police Retirees Action Committee v. The City of Cranston, by and through its Finance Director Robert Strom and its City Treasurer David Capuano  ·  2019-06-03  ·  Supreme Court of Rhode Island  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 438 L. Ed. 2d at 234

"If the Contract Clause is to retain any meaning at all, however, it must be understood to impose some limits upon the power of a State * * *."

Eagle SPE NV I, Inc. v. Kiley Ranch Communities  ·  2014-03-24  ·  D. Nevada  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 438 L. Ed. 2d at 234

“The Blais-dell opinion thus clearly implied that if the Minnesota moratorium legislation had not possessed the characteristics attributed to it by the Court, it would have been invalid under the Contract Clause of the Constitution.”

Donohue v. Mangano  ·  2012-08-20  ·  E.D. New York  ·  pin 98 S. Ct. at 2716

“Minimal alteration of contractual obligations may end the inquiry at its first stage.”

Lipscomb v. Columbus Municipal  ·  2001-10-03  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  pin 438 U.S. at 234

“The severity of the impairment measures the height of the hurdle the state legislation must clear.”

TM Park Avenue Associates v. Pataki  ·  1999-03-25  ·  N.D. New York  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 438 L. Ed. 2d at 234

“The severity of an impairment of contractual obligations can be measured by the factors that reflect the high value the Framers placed on the protection of private contracts.”

Quality Refrigerated Services, Inc. v. City of Spencer  ·  1995-11-02  ·  N.D. Iowa  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 438 L. Ed. 2d at 234

“The language of the Contract Clause appears unambiguously absolute.... The Clause is not, however, the Draconian provision that its words might seem to imply.”

Operation Badlaw, Inc. v. Licking County General Health District Board of Health  ·  1992-06-26  ·  S.D. Ohio  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 438 L. Ed. 2d at 234

“it is to be accepted as a commonplace that the Contract Clause does not operate to obliterate the police power of the States.”

Bannum, Incorporated v. Town of Ashland  ·  1990-12-18  ·  Fourth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 438 L. Ed. 2d at 234

“The severity of the impairment measures the height of the hurdle the state legislation must clear. Minimal alteration of contractual obligations may end the inquiry at its first stage.”

Lindstrom v. District Board of Health Panhandle District I  ·  1985-10-25  ·  Idaho Court of Appeals  ·  pin 438 U.S. at 234

“it [the contract clause] must be understood to impose some limits upon the power of a State to abridge existing contractual relationships____”