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ABELL v. SPENCER

No. 12555.

225 F.2d 568 (1955)

George L. ABELL et al., Appellants, v. Samuel SPENCER, President, Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Irving Wilner, with whom Mr. Keith L. Seegmiller, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. John A. Earnest, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman and Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are former members of the Metropolitan Police and Fire Departments of the District of Columbia who retired from service on various dates prior to July 1, 1953, the effective date of the Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953.1 They brought this suit to enforce their claims for increases in pension payments under the longevity of service provisions of that Act. The District Court held the increases not...

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