McDANNELL v. U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

No. 82-1337.

716 F.2d 1063 (1983)

Elizabeth McDANNELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Morris, Gen. Counsel, Henry G. Watkins, Murray M. Meeker, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Susan M. Kelley, Sr. Citizens Legal Project, Legal Aid Society of Central Texas, Inc., Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This case turns on legislation and regulations which authorize the Office of Personnel Management to make direct payment of retirement benefits to the former spouses of civil service retirees. The district court held that plaintiff Elizabeth McDannell was entitled to direct monthly payments from the federal government, and that the regulation denying her such payments is inconsistent with congressional purpose and invalid. We reverse.

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