City of Annapolis v. Bowen

Sixty-two retired firefighters and police officers claim that, when their former employer, the City of Annapolis (“City”), reclassified the positions of their active-duty counterparts so that they would ultimately receive more compensation for the positions they currently held, it was required, under Annapolis City Code § 3.36.150A1 (“ACC”), to increase their pension payments in tandem. Because it did not, they filed a com plaint, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, for declaratory and injunctive relief. But that action was dismissed without prejudice by the circuit court for…