Legal Opinion
Janet K. Steiger, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1985No. 84-7165PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Janet Steiger petitions for review of the Railroad Retirement Board’s (the Board) computation of her railroad spousal annuity. 1 Because of the enactment of section 1119(d)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Omnibus Act), Pub.L. No. 97-35, 1981 U.S.Code Cong. & Ad. News (95 Stat.) 633 (codified at 45 U.S.C. § 231c(e)(5) (1982)), during the pendency of her application for benefits, the Board reduced Steiger’s annuity by the amount of her social security benefits. In the absence of this enactment, the Board would have awarded dual benefits under 45 U.S.C.…
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- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States Railroad Retirement Board v. FritzSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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