Legal Opinion
Booth v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 5, 1934No. Nos. 656 and 657PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
The Court of Claims has certified two questions:
“ 1. Does a United States District or Circuit Judge who, having served continuously for ten years and attained the age of seventy years, does not resign but retires under the provisions of section 260 of the Judicial Code, as amended, continue in office within the meaning of section 1 of article III of the Constitution which forbids diminution of the compensation of Judges during their continuance in office?
“ 2. *Where the salary of a United States District or Circuit Judge is increased by law after his appointment and he has subsequently…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Long v. WattsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
- Long v. . WattsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
- City of New Orleans v. LeaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859
3Cited by38 opinions
- Glidden Co. v. ZdanokSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. HatterSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- United States v. Jenkins (In Re Richardson)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1985
- Pickens v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Stiftel v. MalarkeySupreme Court of Delaware · 1977
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