Pedro ROMERO, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Nicholas F. BRADY, et al., Defendants.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Nicholas F. BRADY, et al., Defendants.
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Nicholas F. BRADY, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 24, 1991.
May 24, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert G. Mullendore, William C. Watt, Mullendore & Tawney, Missoula, Mont., for Pedro Romero, et al. and COLA Defense Committee of P.R.
Jossie Yunque López, Eddie Ramirez & Associates, Charles A. Hobbie, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Mark D. Roth, Gen. Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees, Washington, D.C., for American Federation of Government Employees.
Susan L. Catler, O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, Washington, D.C., for American Postal Workers.
John J. McCarthy, Shirley D. Peterson, Edward J. Snyder, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington D.C., for Nicholas F. Brady, et al. and the U.S.
Engadí Charneco-Barreto, Atty., Antonio Fiol Matta, Director, Federal Litigation Div., Héctor Rivera Cruz, Secretary of Justice, Dept. of Justice, Com. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Com. of Puerto Rico.
United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are federal employees performing their duties in Puerto Rico.1 Plaintiffs are all recipients of a Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA), a benefit paid to federal government employees stationed at locations outside the continental United States. The COLA in Puerto Rico adds 10% to some categories of federal government salaries. The COLA is exempt from taxation under federal law,...
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