Legal Opinion
United States v. Will
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 15, 1980No. 79-983PublishedCited by 504 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
These appeals present the questions whether under the Compensation Clause, Art. Ill, § 1, Congress may repeal or modify a statutorily defined formula for annual cost-of-living increases in the compensation of federal judges, and, if so, whether it must act before the particular increases take effect.
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Congress has enacted an interlocking network of statutes to fix the compensation of high-level officials in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches, including federal judges. It provides for quadrennial review of overall salary levels and annual cost-of-living adjustments determined in…
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