Legal Opinion
Hatter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 26, 1995No. 94-5139PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Sixteen federal judges challenged the withholding of Social Security taxes from their judicial salaries as a violation of the Compensation Clause of the United States Constitution, Article III, section 1. Accordingly, they sought a tax refund or recovery of their diminished compensation. The United States Court of Federal Claims granted the Government summary judgment. Hatter v. United States, 31 Fed.Cl. 436 (1994). Because the Compensation Clause forbids diminishments in the compensation of Article III judges after they have taken office, and because the trial court did…
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