Legal Opinion

Dorothy M. Thompson v. Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr., Public Printer

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided August 8, 1986No. 84-5821PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether 28 U.S.C. § 1961(a) requires the United States to pay post-judgment interest whenever it unsuccessfully appeals a money judgment rendered against it in a civil action. Appellants Dorothy M. Thompson, S. Vera E. Burnette, Melrie H.F. Aisquith, Shirley S. Alston and Bertha T. Gaither are the named representatives of a class of 324 journeyman bindery workers presently or formerly employed by the Government Printing Office. After successfully prosecuting a sex discrimination suit…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Library of Congress v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Ruckelshaus v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. United States v. N. Y. Rayon Importing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Bois v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
  2. Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
  3. James Brown, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Secretary of the Army, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  4. United States v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1995
  5. Marathon Oil Company and Mobile Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004

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