Arkansas Fire & Police Pension Review Board v. Stephens

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellees are former members of the Little Rock Fire Department, sixty years of age and over who retired before July 1, 1987, with more than twenty-five years of service. Appellant is the Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board (the “Board”). Appellees brought this class action for declaratory relief against the City of Little Rock Firemen’s Relief and Pension Fund and Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board to determine whether Act 878 of 1987 [Ark. Code Ann. § 24-11-826 (1987) and Ark. Code Ann. § 24-11-432 (1987)] applies to them and other retirees. Act 878…