Legal Opinion
Alan KAWITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1988No. 87-1665PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Mr. Kawitt, a lawyer in private practice in Chicago, enlisted in the inactive Naval Reserve in 1984. He hoped to become an officer, and learn and practice military law, but he had to content himself with becoming a petty officer and serving as a law clerk. The maximum age for enlistment in the Naval Reserve is 42, see Naval Military Personnel Manual 1040150, If 3 (1983), but in 1984 Kawitt was 46, having been born on December 19, 1937. On his application he listed his birth date as December 19, 1941, which if true would have made him eligible. Asked at oral argument…
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