Legal Opinion
Neal v. Secretary of the Navy
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 21, 1979No. Civ. A. 76-3326PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This case, arising in a military setting, raises a number of interesting questions of federal jurisdiction and of administrative and constitutional law as respects the “right” of a serviceman to reenlist in the armed forces. Plaintiff Joseph S. Neal (“Neal”) is a former gunnery sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who, at the time of his discharge, had served more than 14 years on active duty. Not counting several routine enlistment extensions, Neal had received permission to reenlist twice: once on November 18,…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Califano v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Beller v. MiddendorfCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Arthur Edward Sheehan v. Army and Air Force Exchange Service, an Instrumentality of the Departments of the Army and of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Hahn, Michael S. And Bradley, B. Shay and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Joseph S. Neal v. Secretary of the Navy and Commandant of the Marine CorpsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Giordano v. RoudebushCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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