BRAUN v. RETIREMENT BD. OF FIREMEN'S ANNUITY & BENEFIT FUND

No. 60515.

108 Ill.2d 119 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 8

WALTER BRAUN, Appellant, v. THE RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE FIREMEN'S ANNUITY & BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter T. Shovlain, of Collins, Jutila & Shovlain, Chtd., of Waukegan, and John M. O'Malley, of Winston & Strawn, of Chicago, for appellant.

James J. Ahern, of Connelly & Ahern, of Chicago (Peter C. Rolewicz, of counsel), for appellee Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago.

J. Peter Dowd, of Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, of Chicago, for intervenors-appellees Chicago Fire Fighters Union et al..

James C. Montgomery, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Jerome A. Siegan and Lynn K. Mitchell, of counsel), for amicus curiae City of Chicago.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Walter Braun, deputy fire commissioner of the city of Chicago, brought this action to determine the appropriate salary on which to base the computation of his pension contributions and benefits in the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago. Until 1972, Braun served in the Chicago fire department in ranks classified under civil service; since then, he has held a number of higher paying...

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