Crawford v. United States

With all respect, I am unable to agree with the decision of the majority in this case.

I start with the language of the controlling statute, 5 U.S.C. 2353 (c), which at pertinent times (July 1959 to the institution of this action in March 1965) read as follows:

Bates of Basic Oompensation.

The Secretary of each military department shall fix ■the rates of basic compensation oi teachers and teaching positions in his military department in relation to the rates of basic compensation for similar positions in the United States but no such rate of basic compensation so fixed shall exceed the highest…