Legal Opinion
Feliciano v. Laird
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 16, 1970No. 669, Docket 34560PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge:
Petitioner Luis Feliciano appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York which denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus for release from the Army or, in the alternative, for a mandamus to compel the Army to grant him compassionate reassignment to the New York City area. Finding that the Army has not followed its own regulations governing the processing of hardship discharges, we reverse and, by writ of mandamus, order that the application be reconsidered in accordance with this opinion. Because it is now premature, we…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hammond v. LenfestCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Thomas C. Smith, Appellant-Petitioner v. Stanley S. Resor, Secretary of the Army, Appellee-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States of America Ex Rel. Arthur Rudick v. Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense, and Stanley Resor, Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Robert W. Nixon v. Secretary of the Navy, Defendant-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- John H. Dunmar v. Stephen Ailes, Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Capt. Milbert Mindes v. Dr. Robert C. Seaman, Secretary of the United States Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and the State of New York, Intervenor-Appellant v. Howard H. Callaway, as Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Charles E. Chaudoin v. Clarence E. Atkinson, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Jeanette Rhodes v. The United States of America and Clifford Alexander, Secretary of ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Grosvenor Burnett v. Lt. General John J. Tolson, Commanding General of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Stanley R. Resor, as Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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