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LESLEY MURRELL ET AL. v. BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION CITY OF MEMPHIS PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM ET AL.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Mar 31, 2021

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: David M. Sullivan, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Robbin Campbell, Chorcie Jones, Lesley Murrell, and Vernon Van Buren.

Attorneys 2: Jennifer Sink, Chief Legal Officer/City Attorney, Freeman B. Foster, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Barbaralette G. Davis, Senior Assistant City Attorney, and Sharon Lee Petty, Senior Assistant City Attorney, for the appellees, City of Memphis and Board of Administration City of Memphis Pension and Retirement System.

Judge(s): MCBRAYER

Police officers filed a petition for writ of certiorari seeking judicial review of a municipal board’s decision to approve a monthly amount of pension benefits for each officer. The petitioners alleged that the municipal board erred in calculating their benefits and in failing to provide them with a hearing in compliance with the contested case procedures in the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act. Upon the city’s motion, the trial court dismissed the petition as improperly filed and remanded the matter to the municipal board for a written determination after a hearing. Because the trial court erred in dismissing the petition, we vacate that portion of the judgment. In all other respects, we affirm.

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