Legal Opinion

Martin v. O'Rourke

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided June 7, 2018No. 2017-1747; 2017-1761; 2017-1768; 2017-1771; 2017-1772; 2017-1774; 2017-1780; 2017-1862; 2017-1967PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge Moore.

Prost, Chief Judge.

The nine individual appellants in this consolidated appeal are veterans or spouses of veterans who have appealed the Department of Veterans Affairs' ("VA") denial of their claims for service-connected disability benefits. Based on delays that have occurred in each of their cases, Appellants petitioned for writs of mandamus, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ("Veterans Court") for relief. The Veterans Court denied the petitions. Although we do not opine as to whether we agree with the Veterans Court's…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Heckler v. ChaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Heckler v. RingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Cheney v. United States District Court for District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  4. James Ingerson v. Andrew Pallito, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Corrections and Leanne SallsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2019
  5. Monk v. WilkieCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2020

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