193 F. Supp. 902 - Daigle v. McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
August 1980
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bullock v. Spencer · People ex rel. Hardy v. Greene · Samuel Spencer v. Albert I. Bullock
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“"But more important for the Court in thus construing the statute is the absence of any indication that in passing it and establishing eligibility for pensions, Congress meant to distinguish between those who elect to retire before being suspended and later dismissed, as did the plaintiff Bullock, and those whose suspension (but not dismissal) precedes such election. "Nor, in the light of the Bullock case, can the Court accept the contention of the Commissioners' counsel that Congress meant to make the District of Columbia pension roll a `roll of honor.' Rather, as the Court of Appeals indicated in Bullock, the pension system is instituted as a means of attracting qualified men to the police and fire services, a goal which would be impaired if `the Commissioners may always deny a man a pension if they conclude he is unworthy of one.' * * * "Especially is the Court reluctant to take the essentially legislative step of interpreting `member' as `member of a roll of honor' when it is only four years since Congress extensively revised this statute, a revision which occurred, it will be noted, after the Bullock decision. Congress and the District Commissioners knew that the exact question here at issue was left open in Bullock; they also should have recognized that to decide it against an applicant would be contrary to the spirit of that decision. It would have been an easy matter for Congress to have said: no pensions for those dismissed for misconduct from these public agencies. "”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Thus, in the face of Court of Appeals' precedent and Congressional silence, this Court declines to engage in a doubtful exercise in statutory construction to reorient this pension system into an ancillary disciplinary vehicle from a device for attracting men to the police and fire departments by assuring them security in old age.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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