Legal Opinion
Norman A. Foster and Charles T. Heimerdinger v. United States, Ronald R. Olson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 23, 1984No. Appeal 84-621, 84-620PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The appellants in these consolidated cases appeal from a decision and order of the United States Claims Court (Claims Court) * which dismissed the complaints on the ground that the claims are barred by the doctrine of laches. We affirm.
DISCUSSION
Appellants are former United States Air Force Reserve officers, who filed suit in the Claims Court challenging their release from active duty on the ground that the Air Force promotion boards illegally passed them over for promotion to the temporary grade of Major. Specifically, they alleged and the Government admitted that…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- South Corporation and Seal Fleet, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1982
- Brundage v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Nicholas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Deering v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Ronald J. Cornetta v. The United States of America and John Lehman, Secretary of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988
- George H. Detweiler, Jr., Lcdr, Uscg (Ret.) v. Federico F. Pena, Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Wackenhut Services, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2008
- Braddock v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1986
- Jones v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1984
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