Cooper v. United States

Until September 8, 1947, plaintiff was a United States district judge for the District Court of Puerto Eico. On *560that date he retired. He sues for the compensation to which he says he is entitled under Title 28 of U. S. C., section 375g. That section provides for the payment to a district judge of a territorial court, who retires after having served for a period or periods aggregating ten years or more, of “a sum equal to such proportion of the salary received by such justice or judge at the date of such retirement as the total of his aggregate years of service bears to the period of sixteen…