COOPER v. UNITED STATES

No. 48852.

81 F.Supp. 734 (1949)

COOPER v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

January 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh H. Obear, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Edgar T. Fell, of Washington, D. C., H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen. (John R. Franklin, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN, and HOWELL, Judges.


WHITAKER, Judge.

Until September 8, 1947, plaintiff was a United States district judge for the District Court of Puerto Rico. On that date he retired. He sues for the compensation to which he says he is entitled under Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 375g [now § 373]. That section provides for the payment to a district judge of a territorial court, who retires after having served for a period or periods aggregating ten years or more, of "a sum equal to such proportion...

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