Legal Opinion
Lunney v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 13, 2003No. Docket No. 02-6044PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
The Navy Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously in 1942 to Peter Tomich for extraordinary heroism exhibited on December 7, 1941 (the “Medal”). It was presented in 1944 to a representative of the United States Navy itself, no next of kin having been found, and the Medal has been in the Navy’s custody ever since. Plaintiff J. Robert Lunney, as recently-appointed Administrator of the Tomich Estate, sued the United States, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Department of the Navy to compel presentation of the Medal, or its delivery or custody, to a person recently…
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