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Judge: CalPERS Pensions Not Protected in Stockton Bankruptcy

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A federal judge has ruled that pensions run by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) are not protected from being cut in bankruptcy proceedings. The decision came Wednesday in a bankruptcy hearing for the city of Stockton, which did not cut its employees pensions as part of its plan to emerge from insolvency.

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