HARRIS v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

No. 89-3147.

888 F.2d 121 (1989)

Maxine Starr HARRIS, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Kator, Kator, Scott & Heller, Chartered, Washington, D.C., argued for petitioner.

Donald E. Kinner, Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for respondent. With him on the brief were Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director and Thomas W. Peterson, Asst. Director. Also on the brief were James M. Strock, General Counsel, Thomas F. Moyer, Asst. General Counsel and Jill Gerstenfield, Office of General Counsel, Office of Personnel Management, of counsel.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge, and MICHEL, Circuit Judge.


MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Maxine Starr Harris (Mrs. Harris) appeals a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board), 39 M.S.P.R. 293 (1988), denying the election of a survivor annuity by Arthur Harris (Mr. Harris).* We affirm-in-part, reverse-in-part and remand.

BACKGROUND

Mr. Harris retired from federal employment in 1965, electing a reduced retirement annuity to provide a survivor annuity for his first spouse, who...

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