Snead v. Employees' Retirement System of Alabama

MADDOX, Justice.

We granted the petition for writ of certio-rari filed by the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, its secretary-treasurer, and its board of control, to review the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals that allowed Sheriff Roy C. Snead, Jr., to draw retirement benefits while continuing to serve as sheriff of Calhoun County.

Because the facts of this case are rather unique and are critical to our holding, we set forth a chronological listing of those facts we find significant:

1. At the time of the consent order in Malcolm S. Brassell, et al. v. Dr. David Bronner as…