Broyderick v. United States

The plaintiffs in all three cases are retired officers of the United States Naval Reserve. They were retired pursuant to section 6 of the Act of February 21, 1946, 60 Stat. 26, 27, each of them having had more than 20 years of active service. Their retired pay was computed on the formula prescribed in section 7 of the same statute. The formula was the number of years service which the officer was entitled to count in the computation of his active duty pay multiplied by 2% percent of the active duty pay of the officer’s retired rank.

Section 431 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, 61 Stat.…