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Reid v. United States

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 14, 1908PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Action under Tucker Act March 3, 1887, c. 359, 24 Stat. 505 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 752). On demurrer to answer.

1Opinion of the CourtHough, District Judge

(after stating the facts as above). Several matters discussed at bar must be laid aside as immaterial to the disposition of this cause. Whether Reid or his comrades, or any of them, were guilty of the riotous disturbance in question"; or whether Reid personally committed any infraction of good order or military discipline; or whether he is in fact a desirable soldier; or whether he knew or withheld anything tending toward the discovery óf the perpetrators of the Brownsville riot; or whether, so far as Reid or others are concerned, the President’s action was unnecessarily severe, cruel, or…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re GrimleySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Martin v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  3. In Re MorrisseySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. United States v. CottinghamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1843
  5. United States v. KingsleySupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Marshall v. WymanDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1955
  2. John H. Harmon, III v. Wilber M. Brucker, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  3. Rowe v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
  4. Nordmann v. WoodringDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1939
  5. Gentila v. Pace, Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952

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