United States Federal Circuit

A government contractor's employees who elected a retirement option with early unreduced pension, acknowledged that this compensation replaced severance pay, and neither the 1992 National Defense Appropriations Act nor the 1995 Workforce Restructuring Plan created any monetary obligation upon the U.S. flowing to these employees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2002
• Published 08/22/2002

Judges

• PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard E. Miley, of North Augusta, SC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Alan Miller, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief were Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director;  James M. Kinsella, Deputy Director.   Of counsel on the brief was Lucy Knowles, Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Savannah River Operations, Department of Energy, of Aiken, SC.