Abell v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. · United States v. Moore · New Lamp Chimney Company v. Ansonia Brass and Copper Company · Fisher v. District of Columbia
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This latter proviso is contained in section 301 of H.R. 3795. Those persons already retired prior to the effective date of this Act will get the benefit of the increases in basic compensation provided by this Act in the computation of their pensions or retired pay; but such increases will not include any increases based on longevity for such retired persons. Longevity increases are intended to benefit those in the service at this time, and those retired hereafter will get the benefit of such longevity increases.” 10”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Abell v. Spencer““Provided, that no such individual retired prior to the effective date of this Act shall be entitled to any increase in pension relief allowance or retirement compensation based on longevity increases.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Abell v. Spencer
How this case has been treated — in progress
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