HURD v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

No. 51 C 577.

136 F.Supp. 125 (1955)

Freeman S. HURD v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY et al. Harley A. SEYBOLD et al. v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY et al.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois.

September 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Walk, Harry R. Booth, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Kenneth F. Burgess, Douglas F. Smith, Arthur R. Seder, Jr., Chicago, Ill., and Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., for certain defendants.

Clyde E. Shorey, Clyde E. Shorey, Jr., Chicago, Ill., and Shorey, Gavin & Shorey, Chicago, Ill., for certain defendant.


HOFFMAN, District Judge.

In these consolidated causes the court is asked to determine the validity of the practice of certain Bell System companies in offsetting federal old-age insurance benefits,1 (referred to hereafter as OASI or Social Security benefits) against the amount of the service pensions paid to retired employees of the Bell System companies. The case has been fully tried to the court without a jury and the parties have filed...

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