Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Lamb
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 20, 1947No. 229PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
On October 28, 1944, respondent brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the then Secretary of War and Adjutant General of the Army. He prayed for a judgment declaring that he had served in the United States Army from November 11, 1918 (Armistice Day) until November 14, 1918, and that for this service he was entitled to a certificate of honorable discharge from the Army, instead of the certificate of “Discharge from Draft” which had been issued to him. He also prayed for a mandatory injunction to compel issuance to him of a certificate of…
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