Alan Pierce,left, and client Shelly Raucci, right, leave the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y., following arguments Thursday Jan. 3, 2013, on whether the wife of the former Schenectady school official Steven C. Raucci should be allowed to receive $5,800 in monthly pension checks her husband was receiving from the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) Photo: John Carl D'Annibale / 00020637A
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