Edmonds v. Bronner’s Empirical Analysis
864 F.2d 752 · 1989
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently May 2017
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
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“"The Retirement Systems of Alabama include the Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System. The Employees' and Teachers' retirement systems are managed and administered by different boards of control, Ala. Code §§ 36-27-2 , 16-25-19 (1975), but Dr. [David] Bronner serves as Secretary/Treasurer for both systems. "Section 16-25-3 (a) of the Alabama Code requires every teacher, as a condition of employment, to participate in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama. The definition of 'teacher' includes superintendents 'employed in any public school or public college within the state.' Ala. Code § 16-25-1 (3) (1975). Pursuant to these sections Dr. Charles *Page 1174 Edmonds first enrolled in the Teachers' Retirement System in 1969 and continued to participate until July 1, 1987. His benefits in that plan have now vested. "In 1985 Malcolm Brassell and other taxpayers filed suit in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama against Dr. Bronner as Secretary/Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama, alleging that the participation by some state constitutional officers, mayors, members of the city council, county commissioners and sheriffs in the Employees' Retirement System violates article IV, section 98 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901. That section provides '[t]he legislature shall not retire any officer on pay, or part pay, or make any grant to such retiring officer.' This suit ended in a consent decree. The parties agreed that, for ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"(1) Are superintendents of public schools or public colleges within the state of Alabama, either elected or appointed, officers within the meaning of article IV, section 98 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901? "(2) If superintendents, either elected or appointed, are officers within the meaning of article IV, section 98 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, does this section prohibit such superintendents from participating in the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama? "The particular phrasing used in the above certified questions is intended as a guide and is not meant to restrict the Supreme Court's consideration of the issues or the manner in which it gives its answers. The clerk of this court is directed to transmit this certificate, as well as the briefs and record filed with the court, to the Supreme Court of Alabama, and simultaneously to transmit copies of the certificate to the attorneys for the parties."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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