TURNER v. WEINBERGER

No. 83-1211.

728 F.2d 751 (1984)

William Wood TURNER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Casper W. WEINBERGER, Secretary of Defense, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Byron Holcomb, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Betty Jane Anderson, Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae American Medical Assn.

Charles Ory, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., LCDR Ronald R. Winfrey, Dept. of the Navy, Alexandria, Va., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This is a military pay rights case brought by a class of approximately 8,340 military and Public Health Service ("PHS") physicians ("Turner Class") who claim entitlement to incentive pay pursuant to former 37 U.S.C. § 313 (1976). They seek a writ of mandamus directing the Secretaries of the Department of Defense ("DOD") and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare ("HEW") to make...

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