Braun v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

Walter Braun, deputy fire commissioner of the city of Chicago, brought this action to determine the appropriate salary on which to base the computation of his pension contributions and benefits in the Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Until 1972, Braun served in the Chicago fire department in ranks classified under civil service; since then, he has held a number of higher paying, unclassified positions. Rather than base the computation of Braun’s pension contributions and benefits on the higher salaries attached to those positions, however, the retirement board of the fund has…