Ollie v. Dennis v. Railroad Retirement Board

PECK, Senior Circuit Judge:

We herein review respondent Railroad Retirement Board’s decision holding that petitioner is not the widow of the insured deceased railroad employee George Dennis and therefore is not entitled to a widow’s insurance annuity under § 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, 45 U.S.C. § 228e. In making the crucial determination that petitioner was not the widow of George Dennis for the purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act, respondent Board applied what it considered to be the law of the State of Ohio, as required in this case by the Railroad Retirement Act. We…