Legal Opinion
United States v. James W. Decastris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1986No. 85-3135PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
A former Chicago police officer collected disability benefits while working full time. For more than two years he mailed monthly affidavits representing that he had not “resume[d] employment for compensation while in receipt of disability benefit”. One who “resumes” employment (in the language of the affidavit) or “assumes” employment (in the language of the state statute, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 108½, § 5-157) has his disability benefits reduced one dollar for every dollar of earnings, once the combination of disability benefits and earnings exceeds the officer’s former…
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