Legal Opinion
Edison W. Miller v. John F. Lehman, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 19, 1986No. 85-5328PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
Opinion concurring in the result filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals a decision of the district court ordering Secretary of the Navy John Lehman to expunge a letter of censure from the service record of Edison W. Miller, a retired Marine Corps colonel, 603 F.Supp. 164. The letter was issued by one of Lehman’s predecessors, John Warner, and concerned Miller’s conduct while held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
The court reasoned that Secretary Lehman acted arbitrarily in rejecting a finding of…
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