(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a ruling that let New Jersey Governor Chris Christie skip a $1.6 billion payment to the state's pension funds, rejecting appeals by state workers and their labor unions.
The appeals argued that New Jersey unconstitutionally reneged on a contractual obligation to make annual payments to the pension fund.
The New Jersey Supreme Court backed the state and Christie in a ruling last year. The justices made no comment, turning away the two appeals, along with about 500 other cases, in a list of orders released Monday.
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