Legal Opinion
Wallace M. Crown v. United States Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 29, 1987No. 86-1583PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Wallace Crown petitions for review of the Railroad Retirement Board’s (the Board) computation of his railroad retirement widower’s annuity benefits. He argues that (1) the Board incorrectly calculated the amount of his widower’s annuity and (2) that the doctrine of equitable estoppel should be invoked against the Board.
I. FACTS
Wallace Crown, and his wife Deloris, were both railroad employees for over thirty years. In February 1982, Deloris Crown died. Shortly after his wife's death, Crown made contact with the Indianapolis branch of the Railroad Retirement Board to…
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