Legal Opinion
Chastain v. West
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided January 24, 2000No. 97-1161PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINBERG, Judge:
Before the Court in this appeal, on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), is a jurisdictional issue of the timeliness of filing in this Court of the appellant’s Notice of Appeal (NOA). Chastain v. West, 178 F.3d 1309 (Fed.Cir.1998) (table), 1998 WL 804561, at *1. The Court’s determination of this issue turns on whether the circumstances of this ease support the application of equitable tolling, within the meaning of Bailey v. West, 160 F.3d 1360 (Fed.Cir.1998) (en banc), to the 38 U.S.C. § 7266(a) 120-day judicial-appeal filing…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Irwin v. Department of Veterans AffairsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Baldwin County Welcome Center v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Harold E. Bailey, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- Bethea v. DerwinskiUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1992
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3Cited by11 opinions
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