CROWN v. U.S. R.R. RETIREMENT BD.

No. 86-1583.

811 F.2d 1017 (1987)

Wallace M. CROWN, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roscoe D. Cunningham, Roscoe D. Cunningham, Ltd., Lawrenceville, Ill., for petitioner.

Steven A. Bartholow, U.S. R.R. Retirement Bd., Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Wallace Crown petitions for review of the Railroad Retirement Board's (the Board) computation of his railroad retirement widower's annuity benefits. He argues that (1) the Board incorrectly calculated the amount of his widower's annuity and (2) that the doctrine of equitable estoppel should be invoked against the Board.

I. FACTS

Wallace Crown, and his wife Deloris, were both railroad employees for over thirty years. In...

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