Legal Opinion
Miller v. Lehman
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 28, 1985No. Civ. A. No. 84-2417PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*166MEMORANDUM
GESELL, District Judge.
Edison W. Miller, a retired Marine Corps colonel who spent five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was censured by former Secretary of the Navy John Warner for alleged misconduct while a prisoner. The Board for Correction of Naval Records, acting pursuant to the Military Records Correction Board Act, 10 U.S.C. § 1552, recommended expungement of the letter of censure, concluding that “traditional concepts of fair play and justice [were] violated” by the Navy’s failure to let Miller defend himself before the censure was issued. Secretary Lehman rejected this…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Edison W. Miller v. John F. Lehman, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
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