Twenty Per Cent. Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals in fourteen cases from the Court of Glai'ms; the case being thus: On the 28th of February, 1867, Congress passed this joint resolution:* “That there shall be allowed and paid ... to the following described persons, no.w employed in the civil service ófthe United States, at Washington, as follows: To civil officers, temporary and. all other clerks, messengers, and watchmen, including enlisted men detailed as such, to be computed upon the gross amount of the…
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Appeals in fourteen cases from the Court of Glai'ms; the case being thus: On the 28th of February, 1867, Congress passed this joint resolution:* “That there shall be allowed and paid ... to the following described persons, no.w employed in the civil service ófthe United States, at Washington, as follows: To civil officers, temporary and. all other clerks, messengers, and watchmen, including enlisted men detailed as such, to be computed upon the gross amount of the compensation received by them; and employes, male and female, in the executive mansion, and in any of the following…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
delivered-the opinión of the court; “
Additional compensation is claimed by the respective appellees, as employés in the civil.service of the United Stages in this city, by virtue of the joint resolution of -the' ^8t|i of. February, 1867, which provides that twenty per. cent., addi.tioual compensation shall be allowed and paid to certain' classes of such employés .in Washington, as therein desig-' nated. -. , "
Civil officers, whose annual salaries do not exceed $3500,- and all clerks, whether temporary or permanent, and messengers and watchmen, are specifically named in the resolution *184including…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. HethSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Wood v. OakleyNew York Court of Chancery · 1845
3Cited by47 opinions
- Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Chew Heong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- In Re Penn Central Transportation CompanySpecial Court under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act · 1974
- Fullerton-Krueger Lumber Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
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