United States Seventh Circuit

Computing railroad retirement widower benefits under 45 USC 231c(g)(4) is narrowly tailored to protect reliance interests of railroad retirees and does not violate the Equal Protection Clause under the Fifth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2001
• Decided 06/13/2001
• Published 06/13/2001

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David C. Thollander (argued), Wheaton, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven A. Bartholow, Michael C. Litt (argued), Railroad Retirement Bd., Bureau of Law, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.