Legal Opinion
Harry H. Zucker v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 3, 1985No. Appeal 84-1703PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISSELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 578 F.Supp. 1239, granting the appellees’ motion for summary judgment. The appellants challenged the constitutionality of a statute that modified the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for civil service annuitants. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
The appellant retirees receive benefits under the Civil Service Retirement Act, now codified in 5 U.S.C. §§ 8331-8348. In 1962 Congress amended the Civil Service Retirement Act to provide an automatic COLA based on the change in the…
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