B-142324: Apr 12, 1960

ATTORNEYS AT LAW: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF FEBRUARY 19. WHICH DISALLOWED HIS CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF THE RETIRED PAY WHICH WAS WITHHELD FROM HIM UNDER SECTION 212 OF THE ECONOMY ACT OF 1932. THE CLAIM WAS DENIED FOR THE STATED REASON THAT THE RECORD SHOWED A JUDGMENT HAD BEEN AWARDED MR. THERE IS NO AUTHORITY FOR ALLOWANCE OF HIS PRESENT CLAIM FOR ANY PART OF THE PERIOD FROM DATE OF RELEAS...

B-142324: Oct 07, 1960

ATTORNEYS AT LAW: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 7. MONDEAU'S CLAIM IN THE LATTER CASE WOULD HAVE BEEN BARRED UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF RES JUDICATA THROUGH THE DATE OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT IN HIS FAVOR. IN VIEW OF THE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE APPLICATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF RES JUDICATA WHERE JUDGMENTS HAVE BEEN RENDERED ON STIPULATION AND IN THE ABSENCE OF A JUDICIAL RULING AS TO THE APPLICABI...