Wargo v. State Universities Retirement System

The Board of Trustees of the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) decided that the four personal plaintiffs, Wargo, Sledge, Sullivan, and Moomey, are not eligible to participate in that pension fund and ordered that their service and earnings credits be erased, that their contributions be refunded, and that no future contributions be accepted from them. Wargo, Sledge, Sullivan, Moomey, and their nominal employers, the University of Illinois and Illinois State University, sought administrative review. The circuit court reversed, holding that the Board did not have the authority to make…