Allen v. McClendon

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a summary judgment of the Pulaski Circuit Court which upheld pay increases voted by members of the Pulaski Fiscal Court from a level of $600.00 per month to $1,200.00 per month. This Court granted transfer of this case from the Court of Appeals in order to consider it with Polston v. King, 965 S.W.2d. 143, which we also decide on this date in a separate opinion.

The principal issue is whether a fiscal court can vote its own members a pay in*2crease under the rubber dollar theory, thereby raising their own salaries during their term in office.

The lawsuit…