Bonfanti v. Percy’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 8341
Relies on Lewis v. Diamond Services Corp. · 615 So. 2d 990 - Ledet v. QUALITY SHOPYARDS, INC. · 637 So. 2d 825 - Lewis v. Diamond Services Corp. · LaFrance v. Abraham Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. · 532 So. 2d 503 - Johnson v. Johnson
Most-quoted passages
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“[f]ederal statutes and regulations do not provide for the divisibility of a `survivor's annuity' for the simple reason that a deceased employee can have but one `surviving wife' or `surviving husband.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the state statutes governing Mr. Bonfanti's retirement plan do not consider survivor's benefits and retirement benefits to be synonymous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“benefits to the surviving widow or dependent widower or children of any deceased.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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