Legal Opinion
Cannon v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 4, 2013No. 12-7064PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
Like many state and local governments, the District of Columbia has passed laws against “double-dipping”: the simultaneous drawing of both a pension and a salary by a retired employee who has been rehired by the District. The District enforced a law aimed at curbing double-dipping against the six plaintiffs, sharply reducing their salaries by the amount of their pension payments. We hold that the plaintiffs’ federal challenges to this action are meritless except in one respect. In slashing three of the plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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