City of Pocahontas v. Huddleston

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over the payment of regular salaries and holiday compensation to law enforcement officers. The appellees are employees of the Pocahontas Police Department and include patrolmen, radio operators and dispatchers, and jailers. The City of Pocahontas is the appellant. At issue is whether the City violated state law when it reduced regular salaries in 1985 in order to begin paying holiday compensation in one lump sum. Secondary issues are raised about 1) whether all of the appellees are law enforcement officers, 2) the applicable statute of…