Legal Opinion
Margaret A. Cheeseman v. Office of Personnel Management
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 1, 1986No. Appeal 84-1675PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISSELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board), Docket No. PH08318310675, 21 MSPR 118.
The issue decided on this appeal is whether the Board erred in placing on the applicant for survivor benefits the burden of proving that misinformation in the retirement application, form SF-2801, caused the election of an annuity with no survivor benefit. We do not find error and affirm the Board.
BACKGROUND
The federal civil service retirement system has long provided a retiring employee with the option of providing a survivor’s annuity for the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Boone v. LightnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Lavine v. MilneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Scroggins v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Gratehouse v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
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