Legal Opinion
Mary Kirkland v. Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 26, 1983No. 1136, Docket 82-4201PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the sad circumstances of a seventy-nine year old woman, who, following three decades of marriage, became eligible to collect a widow’s annuity. Soon she discovered that the benefits she had received were to be discontinued because the Railroad Retirement Board determined her marriage was void. In addition to the grave consequences of this decision, petitioner has been frustrated in her efforts to challenge the termination of her benefits, and has been forced to litigate this issue for over seven years. Because we believe the Board’s decision…
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