Masse v. Board of Trustees

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BOTTER, J. A. D.

Based on his conviction for crimes of moral turpitude the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees’ Retirement System (hereafter PERS) declared appellant’s service as a public employee prior to January 31,1977 “dishonorable” for the purpose of computing pension credit, thus disallowing the credit he had earned for service before that date. The PERS board considered it immaterial that the crimes in question, impairing the morals of a minor, were unrelated to appellant’s public employment as assistant superintendent (foreman) of the…