10 U.S.C. § 1331
Section 1331 · Reference to chapter 1223
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 73 court decisions — leading case Kirby v. United States (1973)
Most recently applied in Kathy Schwab v. Paul Schwab (June 2021)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Provisions of law relating to retired pay for nonregular service are set forth in chapter 1223 of this title (beginning with section 12731).
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
Prior sections 1331 to 1338 were renumbered sections 12731 to 12738 of this title, respectively.