Legal Opinion
Dorothy Salazar v. United States Air Force and Paul Thomas Byrne
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1988No. 87-1417PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Apologia
Our result in this case is shocking.1 Shocking, that is, in the sense that the *1544government is made to pay over annuity funds due a veteran for which it has no statutory liability. The compulsion comes from a Texas court judgment against the Air Force which became final for want of an appeal. What’s worse, the Texas judgment intrinsically was wrong, dead wrong on finding “child support” out of a damage judgment in favor of the minor who was sexually molested by a veteran who was neither natural or adoptive parent, nor guardian to the minor. All this takes…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Library of Congress v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- McMahon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Browning v. PlackeTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Verone Marin Fehlhaber, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Robert F. Fehlhaber, Defendant-Appellant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Browning v. NavarroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- In the Matter of Brady, Texas, Municipal Gas Corporation, Debtor. George O. Sanders, George H. O'brien, and Tanbark Oil Company 1978-1, Ltd., Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. City of Brady, Successor-In-Interest, Appellee-Cross-Appellant. In the Matter of Brady, Texas, Municipal Gas Corporation. The City of Brady, Texas, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. George O. Sanders, Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Delaware River Port Authority v. Fraternal Order of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Delaware River Port Authority v. Fraternal Order of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- Sanders v. City of Brady (In re Brady, Texas, Municipal Gas Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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