People Ex Rel. Wright v. Board of Trustees of Teachers' Retirement System

Plaintiff, Harold C. Wright, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court in favor of defendant, the Board of Trustees of the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois, in an action brought by plaintiff to prohibit defendant from terminating his pension. Defendant cross-appeals from the trial court’s judgment dismissing its counterclaim. On appeal, plaintiff argues that a felony forfeiture provision of the Illinois Pension Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 108½, par. 16 — 199) does not apply to him because he entered the system before its effective date. Defendant’s cross-appeal…