Board of Trustees v. Stodola

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Board of Trustees for the City of Little Rock Police Department Pension and Relief Fund (Board) sued for a judgment declaring that certain proceeds from property seized or forfeited in drug-trafficking cases be paid into the city’s police pension fund. Named in the suit as defendants were the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, the prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District, the director of the Arkansas State Police, and the State Treasurer. At issue is the interpretation of two Arkansas statutes, one which deals with confiscated goods in a city…