Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Klassen
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 10, 1974No. 73-1013PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are former employees of the United States Post Office Department, reorganized in July, 1971, as the United States Postal Service. They accepted offers to resign with retirement benefits and an additional bonus equal to six months pay rather than face the prospect of separation from the Department as part of a reduction in force attendant to the reorganization of the agency. Suing for themselves and on behalf of those similarly situated,1 they *362brought an action in District Court seeking a declaration that their retirements were void; they also sought…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Sampson v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Reisman v. CaplinSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Adolph Kizas v. William H. Webster, Adolph Kizas v. William H. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Trout Unlimited v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,173 Michael Susman v. Lincoln American Corp., Ann Flamm and Arnold Flamm v. Rudolph Eberstadt, Jr. And Microdot, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Secretary of Labor v. FitzsimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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