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B-197460 1 (1980-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjft0001 and id is 1 raw text is: '1 7 -61- ilk United Stjtes General Accountirg, Office Office of Wasilngtlon, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply B-197460 Refer to: January 23, 1980 The Honorable Jim Le(\ch House of Representatives 3C6 F and flank Building Third and Jefferson Streets M n.. , lT llrw~hq t, , - Burlngton, Iowa 52601 a Dear Mr. Leach: This is in replY'to your letter requesting .tnformtion on the pvment status of Mr, Rober1, lossi, Davenport, Yowa, a wember ofthe plaintiff class in Edmonda'X. United States, D.S1, Civil No. 75-1624. In brief, Mr. Iossi ', judgmw.nt check wasmailed to him on December 20, 1979. However, since Mr,. lossi raised a number o1 points in his inItial letter to you, and in view i our discussions with your staff, we are providing a more detailed response. VRB litigation and the South Carolina clase actions _ _\, - i.C In 17 , heiSupreme ou 't .In1 tCout\aeided in favor of ,plaintinfs in'l Larionoff v. United States, 431 U.S., 864,'e'. suit' by preaent and former,,, Navy members for payment. of a.,Vailable Re-enlstment Benus (VB). After the Supreme Court'a decisioni appoximately, forty similr cases in varibus ,districts proceeded to Judwment;, \fn addition, two new classes were certi- I- fied in the District dt.,South Caroitna. Edmonds v., UnPed States, Civil to, 7,5-1624,, and tRebert v...United States, Civil to, 75-%.... The Edmonds and Hebert classes are quite large,\several thousand members each, and cons istof persons who (a)lwere, notpebersof anyI of the 'therP lawsuits, and (b) had not been paid administratively by the Ntvyas of a specified date. Due to the size of the classell, there is no Single Judgatent covering the entire class In either Case. Ratber, there is a series of separate judgments, each with its own schedule of' plaintiffs. The EImdnds andfl4ebert, judgments Lre developed and procesoed, as f6lda: -Ascounsel for the plaintiff claases develops lists of potential memnSrs, they are forwarded to the Navy\for-verification. L As groups are verified, Judgmints are entered. After a judgment is issued, the Justice Department submits it to the General Accounting Office (GAO) for payment, certifying that no further review will be sought. Our Claims Division then certifies the judgment to the Treasury Department and Treasury issues the N''

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