Arizona State Retirement Board v. Gibson

STEVENS, Chief Judge.

This case relates to the right of the Arizona State Retirement System Board, hereinafter called the Board, to offset against the pension of the widow of a deceased former member of the Arizona Highway Patrol certain disability retirement payments which it is claimed the member illegally received during his lifetime. All references herein are to the Arizona Revised Statutes unless expressly otherwise stated.

Title 38 of the Arizona Revised Statutes bears the caption “Public Officers and Employees”. Chapter 5 thereof, bears the caption “Social Security and Retirement” and…