Legal Opinion
Ballard v. Board of Trustees of Police Pension Fund
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1975No. 375S72PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArterburn, J.
We grant transfer in this case to consider whether or not that provision of the Police Pension Fund Act which permits the Board of Trustees of the Fund to discontinue the pension payments of a person convicted of a felony violates Art. 1, § 30 of the Indiana Constitution which reads: “No conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate.”
Plaintiff-appellant Ballard brought an action for restoration of his policeman’s disability pension which had been terminated by defendant-appellee Board subsequent to Plaintiff’s conviction of a felony. The trial court ruled in favor of the…
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