BAKER v. U.S.

No. 96-5134.

127 F.3d 1081 (1997)

James R. BAKER, Charles W. Baker, Jr., Jeffery L. Beran, William M. Blaesing, Paul Bolen, Robert W. Bowen Iii, Charles Brown, Jr., Ronald Bryant, Fred W. Budinger, Frederick W. Butler, Kenneth D. Clonts, Michael J. Connors, Daniel J. Coonan Iii, Robert S. Cope, Wayne D. Corder, Charles Cushion, Dale A. Davidson, Oak Deberg, Jesse C. Dehay, Jr., John C. Duncan, Jr., Edmond N. Durocher, Robert A. Eason, Jr., Matthew S. Eichinger, Richard D. Emmons, Alan Ernst, Herb Farr, Terry Fenstad, John E. Ford Iii, Mark B. Foxwell, Robert O. Freeman, James C. Gast, Jim Gerber, Michael A. Gould, Dwight K. Groggel, Jr., Donald L. Gurney, Richard G. Hetzel, Roger Hill, Ron Hudak, Hubert A. Jenneskens, Charles E. Johnson, Jr., Ralph D. Johnson, Claude S. Jones, Ben Josey, Gerhard W. Judjahn, Thomas P. Kase, David C. Kraus, John Landers, Len List, Everett L. Mabry, Joseph D. Matlock, Peter K. Maughan, Glenn Messerli, Reinaldo Morales, Wendal F. Moseley, Michael O. Mullikin, Kenneth Myers, Phillip Nicolai, Bruce R. Nyman, Carlton L. Pannell, Robert R. Pastusek, John R. Phillips, Jerry Rhyne, Monti J. Riordan, Steve B. Rogers, Arthur J. Rosenbaum, Palmer Rowe, Jr., Richard F. Salemme, Al Schmidt, John Schmidt, James Shaw, Robert F. Simpson, Richard A. Sliwka, Steve Sniteman, Lake R. Stith, William E. Townsley, Lars Vedvick, Richard L. Waxman, Jerald L. White, Merlyn J. Witt, Royce G. Wooddell, Dale B. Yonker, Henry Zabinski and Fred Zehr, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Aileo, Springville, PA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was Barry P. Steinberg, Washington, DC.

John S. Groat, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, and James M. Kinsella, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief was Major Joginder S. Dhillion, Department of the Air Force, Arlington, Virginia. Of counsel was Steve Pecinovsky, Department of the Air Force.

Before ARCHER, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.


CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.

This is a military backpay case that is brought by 83 retired United States Air Force colonels. These colonels challenge their selection for retirement by a Selective Early Retirement Board (SERB) in January 1992. The basis of their complaint is that the charge given to the SERB, on its face and as applied by the members of the SERB, violated their constitutional right to equal protection of law. The gist of the constitutional complaint is...

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