Legal Opinion
Roger D. Holman v. United States Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 2001No. 00-3816PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Roger D. Holman petitions for review of the United States Railroad Retirement Board’s computation of his railroad retirement widower’s annuity benefits. The Board concluded that Holman did not qualify for additional payments in his widower’s annuity because he was not receiving at least 50 percent of his support from his wife in the year before her death. On this petition for review, Holman argues that the Board’s use of a dependency requirement violates his constitutional right to equal protection under the law because only men are required to demonstrate…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Anthony S. Kalina v. Railroad Retirement BoardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
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