Legal Opinion
Groff v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 3, 2007No. 2006-5141, 2007-5006PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
The Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act (“PSOBA”), 42 U.S.C. § 3796 et seq., provides benefits to the relatives of public safety officers who are killed as the result of injuries sustained in the fine of duty. The statute also provides benefits to public safety officers who are permanently disabled, id. § 3796(b), and educational benefits to dependents of federal law enforcement officers who are killed or disabled in the line of duty, id. § 3796d.
Congress has assigned administration of the benefit program to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (“BJA”), an agency within the…
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