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SHARP v. U.S.

No. 07-547 C.

PATRICIA R. SHARP, MARGARET M. HAVERKAMP, and IVA DEAN ROGERS, Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States Court of Federal Claims.

March 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Reines, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, California, Michael R. Franzinger and Azra M. Hadzimehmedovic, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Douglas K. Mickle, Trial Attorney, Bryant G. Snee, Deputy Director, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant. Major Kelly L. McGovern, U.S. Army, Military Personnel Branch, Army Litigation Division, Arlington, Virginia, Scott Lafferty, Senior Associate Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Military and Civilian Pay Law Directorate, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Cleveland, Ohio, and Shelley D. Weger, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE W. MILLER, Judge.

Plaintiffs prevailed before this Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding the proper interpretation of a statute conveying benefits to certain surviving spouses of military veterans. Sharp v. United States, 82 Fed. Cl. 222 (2008) ("Sharp II"), aff'd 580 F.3d 1234 (Fed. Cir. 2009). As prevailing parties, they now...

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