Legal Opinion
Asmann v. BD. OF TRUS. OF POLICE RET. SYS.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 14, 1984No. 83-664PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
In this action, retired Sioux City police officers and their police pension fund’s board of trustees contest the meaning of statutory language used to compute increases in pension benefits. The facts may be briefly stated.
Plaintiffs, ex-police officers who all had more than eight years of service, retired at Step 4, then the highest step on the pay scale. A new contract, negotiated after their retirement, provided for a new, higher step, “Master Police Officer,” or Step 5. Initially, the Board of Trustees of the Police Retirement System determined that henceforth the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carstensen v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, ETC.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- Reisner v. Board of Trustees of the Fire Retirement SystemSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Norland v. Worth County Compensation BoardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- Staads v. Board of Trustees of the Fireman's Retirement Pension Fund of Sioux CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
- Burke v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF POLICE, ETC.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1981
3Cited by5 opinions
- Adam v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
- Uffelman v. Fire Pension Board for the City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Donnelly v. BD. OF TR. OF FIRE RET. SYSTEMSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
- Golinvaux v. City of DubuqueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- Adam v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986