Lawyers representing the state and public worker unions argued for more than three hours before the New Jersey Supreme Court on May 6 over the constitutionality of the 2011 pension reform law known as Chapter 78.

The parties argued over whether Gov. Chris Christie should be ordered to work with the Democrat-controlled Legislature to find a way to restore the $1.57 billion in pension fund payments that Christie diverted to balance the state’s 2015 fiscal year budget.

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