Morgan County Board of Commissioners v. Mealor

SEARS, Chief Justice.

Appellants, the Morgan County Board of Commissioners (the “County”), appeal from the Superior Court of Morgan County’s order requiring the County to include the Appellee, Elaine Mealor, in the County’s pension plan. Mealor, the former Superior Court Clerk for Morgan County, claimed that her exclusion from the County’s pension plan denied her equal protection under the law. Because we find that the County has a rational basis for including certain employees within its pension plan and excluding others, like the Superior Court Clerk, we reverse.

The County participates in a…