Legal Opinion
Jackson v. McElroy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 9, 1958No. Civ. A. 5158-55PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTENSON, District Judge.
The plaintiff asks this Court to determine through declaratory judgment under 28 U.S.C. sec. 2201 that his sentence by general court-martial was invalid. The case turns upon whether the convening authority was an “accuser” as defined by section 1(11) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 U.S.C.A. sec. 551(11) * .
Now on the retired list but then an officer of the Fourth Marine Regiment of the Third Marine Division stationed at Nara, Japan, plaintiff was convicted in December, 1953, of violating Articles 92, 93, 98 and 133 of the Uniform Code of Military…
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