Legal Opinion
Hatter v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided June 6, 1997No. 705-89 CPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
TURNER, Judge.
This opinion addresses all damages issues related to claims by 16 federal judges that their compensation was unlawfully diminished by imposition of Social Security taxes. There are no material facts in dispute.1
For reasons stated below, we conclude that eight of the plaintiffs are entitled to refunds of a portion of Social Security taxes withheld from salary in January 1984, together with compound interest. We further conclude, however, that any additional recovery is either barred by the applicable statute of limitations or offset by salary increases and that,…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
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