Southern States Police Benevolent Ass'n v. Bentley

Southern States Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (“the SSPBA”), and three members of the SSPBA—Scott Kendall, Christopher Carver, and Patrick McCul-loch, all of whom are employed as police officers by the City of Auburn (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Auburn police officers” or collectively with the SSPBA as “the police plaintiffs”)—sued Governor Robert H. Bentley and the other members of the Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama (“the ERS”) (Governor Bentley and the other members of the Board of Control of the ERS are hereinafter referred to as “the…