Task: songer_treat

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the disposition by the court of appeals of the decision of the court or agency below; i.e., how the decision below is "treated" by the appeals court. That is, the basic outcome of the case for the litigants, indicating whether the appellant or respondent "won" in the court of appeals.

PER CURIAM:
Appellee became disabled, not in performance of duty, after serving four years and nearly ten months as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. Read in connection with § 4-521(1), D.C.Code (1961) § 4-526 provides that when a member of the Police or Fire Department “completes five years of police or fire service and is * * * disabled due to injury received or disease contracted other than in the performance of duty”, he shall be retired on an annuity of at least 40 per cent of his salary. Appellee contends that former military service should be counted and that he therefore has five years of “police or fire service.” This contention contradicts the plain meaning of the quoted words. Moreover, § 4-521(10) of the Code defines “police or fire service” as “honorable service in the Metropolitan Police Department, White House Police force, Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, and the United States Secret Service * * * ” The District Court erred in entering summary judgment for appellee. Summary judgment should be entered for appellants.
Reversed.

Question: What is the disposition by the court of appeals of the decision of the court or agency below?
A. stay, petition, or motion granted
B. affirmed; or affirmed and petition denied
C. reversed (include reversed & vacated)
D. reversed and remanded (or just remanded)
E. vacated and remanded (also set aside & remanded; modified and remanded)
F. affirmed in part and reversed in part (or modified or affirmed and modified)
G. affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded; affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded
H. vacated
I. petition denied or appeal dismissed
J. certification to another court
K. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: C