Legal Opinion
Pauline Roebling v. Office of Personnel Management
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 15, 1986No. Appeal 84-1740PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) is whether the California community property law entitled the surviving spouse of a retired federal employee who elected a full disability retirement annuity without survivor benefits to a federal survivor’s annuity after the death of the retired employee. The Board held that the surviving spouse was not entitled to the survivor’s benefits that the employee had rejected. We affirm.
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The deceased husband of petitioner Pauline Roebling retired from federal service in April 1977 because of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wissner v. WissnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ridgway v. RidgwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Yiatchos v. YiatchosSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Sylvia Oshiver on Behalf of Albert H. Oshiver and Sherry J. Oshiver, Trustee for Estate of Albert H. Oshiver v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Clara T. Cleland v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- Laverne W. Davis v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
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