Earl L. Taylor v. Walter N. Tobriner

After some eight years of service as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department, this appellant was retired for disability upon an annuity of 40 per cent of his basic salary. D.C. Code § 4-526 (1961). Unsuccessfully he sought additional relief in appropriate administrative proceedings, after which he asked the District Court to compel the Commissioners “to order the plaintifl: retired for disability incurred during the performance of duty.” Upon consideration of the administrative record and of oral stipulations at the court hearing and after argument of counsel, the District Judge filed…