United States Federal Circuit

In a class action by judges who were part of a certified class in Williams v. US, 240 F.3d 1019 (Fed. Cir. 2001), involving the question of whether various congressional enactments violate the Compensation Clause by reducing the compensation of Article III federal judges: 1) due process did not allow the plaintiffs' claims to be precluded by Williams in the absence of notice of the Williams class; but 2) the Williams decision denying relief controlled the disposition of the appeal, so the judgment of the Court of Federal Claims is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/17/2012
• Published 02/17/2012

Judges

• Dyk

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christophre Landau, Brian M. Simkin