CHACON v. U.S.

No. 94-5093.

48 F.3d 508 (1995)

Marvin A. CHACON, Catherine L. Chacon, Johnny O. Contreras, Sally Contreras, Evelyn Bielak, Ronald Springfield and Carol Springfield, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Stephens, Bill Stephens & Associates, P.C., of Phoenix, AZ, submitted for plaintiffs-appellants.

Matthew S. Bode, Atty., Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, of Washington, DC, submitted for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director and James M. Kinsella, Asst. Director. Of counsel was Thomas W. Petersen.

Before NIES, MICHEL and PLAGER, Circuit Judges.


MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

The claims at issue in this case were brought under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Act ("the Act"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3796-96c (1988 & Supp. III 1991). The plaintiffs, Marvin A. Chacon et al. (collectively "Chacon"), appeal from the order of the Court of Federal Claims1 granting the government's motion for summary judgment on the ground that the decedents in this case were not "public safety...

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