Legal Opinion
Hines v. Starnes
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 4, 1928No. 4702PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, directing that a writ of mandamus issue against Gen. Frank T. Hines, as Director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, requiring him “to rate Charlie Joe Starnes as one permanently and totally disabled, within the meaning of the World War Veterans Act (38 USCA § 421 et seq.), for the purpose of compensation, and 'as having been permanently and totally disabled, for the purpose of compensation from the 22d day of June, 1918, to the 13th day of April, 1927.”
It appears that Starnes…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Silberschein v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Forbes v. WelchDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1923
3Cited by2 opinions
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- United State v. EadarsoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1996