United States v. Will (1980)
- Docket
- 79-983
- Decided
- 1980-01-01
Summary
Question: Did the congressional acts between 1976 and 1979 violate the Constitution's Compensation Clause of Article III? Conclusion: In two of the years in question, Congress effectively revoked automatic pay increases after the statutes guaranteeing those increases had already taken effect. This amounted to a reduction in salaries for judges and violated the Compensation Clause.