Powers v. State, Public Employees' Retirement Board

757 P.2d 65 (1988)

Bobbie POWERS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT BOARD, Appellee.

No. S-2165.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 15, 1988.

Elizabeth I. Johnson, Johnson and Holen, Anchorage, for appellant.

Virginia B. Ragle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

FACTS

Mr. Powers is a retired member of the State of Alaska Public Employees' Union. Powers asked the administrator of the Alaska Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) to give him…